Infinitive
nimen; to nimen; nime
Participles
| Present | nimende; nimynge |
| Past | nomen; numen; nume; nome |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | nime |
| 2nd sing. | nimest |
| 3rd sing. | nimeth |
| 1st plur. | nimen; nime; nimeth |
| 2nd plur. | nimen; nime; nimeth |
| 3rd plur. | nimen; nime; nimeth |
Past
| 1st sing. | nom; nam |
| 2nd sing. | nome; name |
| 3rd sing. | nom; nam |
| 1st plur. | nomen; nome; namen; name |
| 2nd plur. | nomen; nome; namen; name |
| 3rd plur. | nomen; nome; namen; name |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | nime |
| 2nd sing. | nime |
| 3rd sing. | nime |
Past
| 1st sing. | nome; name |
| 2nd sing. | nome; name |
| 3rd sing. | nome; name |
Imperative
| Singular | nime |
| Plural | nimeth; nime |
Verbs conjugated like nimen
nimen,
Etymology
From Old English niman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, probably from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“take”). See: Old English '
niman', Proto-Germanic '
*nemaną'.
Verbs referencing "nimen"
Scots
tak, English
nim.
Sample Sentences
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Ƿa weoren Bruttes
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imænged wið þan Saxeſ
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þa cleopede Hengeſt
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cnihtene swikelæſt
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Nimeð eoure ſexes
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sele mine bernes
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& ohtliche eou ſturieð
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& nænne ne ſparieð
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When the Britons were mingled with the Saxons, then called [said] Hengest, of [all] knights most treacherous, "Take your sæxes, 'my good warriors,' and bravely bestir you, 'and spare ye none'!" [c. 1190, Layamon, Brut: Cotton Caligula MS, ll. 15249–15256; transcribed and translated in 1847, Frederic Madden (ed.), Laȝamons Brut, or Chronicle of Britain, Volume II. London.: Society of Antiquaries of London, page 214]
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For to make Soupys dorry. Nym onyons […] Nym wyn […] toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk. (To make golden stew: Take onions … Take wine … toast white bread and do it in dishes, and good almond milk.) [1381, Pegge Cook. Recipes, page 114, quoted in 1962, Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242, in the entry "dorrẹ̄, dōrī adj. & n. […] cook"]
Cognates
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