nimen
See also: nǐmen
Middle English
Alternative forms
- nymen
Etymology
From Old English niman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, probably from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“take”).
Verb
nimen (third-person singular simple present nimeth, present participle nimende, nimynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative nom, past participle nomen)
- to take
- 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":
- For to make Soupys dorry. Nym onyons […] Nym wyn […] toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 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":
Conjugation
Conjugation of nimen (strong class 4)
| infinitive | (to) nimen, nime | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | nime | nom, nam | |
| 2nd-person singular | nimest | nome, name, nom, nam | |
| 3rd-person singular | nimeth | nom, nam | |
| subjunctive singular | nime | nome1, name1 | |
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural2 | nimen, nime | nomen, nome, namen, name | |
| imperative plural | nimeth, nime | — | |
| participles | nimynge, nimende | numen, nume, nomen, nome | |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Yapese
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