nam

Verb

nim (third-person singular simple present nims, present participle nimming, simple past nam or nimmed, past participle num or nimmed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To take or seize.
   • Ich cham a Cornysche man, al[e] che can brew; […] Nym me a quart of ale, that iche may it of sup.1547 (original; printed 1870), Andrew Boorde, The First Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge, page 122
2. (archaic, slang, transitive) To filch, steal, pilfer.
   • They'll question Mars, and, by his look,
     Detect who 'twas that nimm'd a cloak;1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 1
3. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.
   • The old lady does nim along.1856, Thompson, Hist. Boston, page 716, quoted in 1903, Joseph Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary: M-Q, page 273

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