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nám

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
nám, e; f.
Seizure of property belonging to one which is in the hands of another
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  • Be naame. Ne nime nán man náne náme, ne innan scíre ne út of scíre, ǽr man hæbbe þríwa on hundrede his rihtes gebeden;

    (but on the failure of legal means

    )

    nime ðonne leáfe ðæt hé móte hentan æfter his ágenan,

    • L. C. S. 19
      • ;
    • Th. i. 386, 9-17.
  • Cf. Nullus namium capiat . . . accipiat licenciam namium capiendi,
    • L. W. I. 45
      • ;
    • Th. i. 485, 13-17 : L. H. I. 29, 2
      • ;
    • Th. i. 533, 7.
  • Nulli sine judicio vel licencia namiare liceat alium in suo vel alterius,
    • 51, 3
      • ;
    • Th. i. 550, 5.
Etymology
[Cf.
Icel. land-nám in Norse law an unlawful holding of another man's land, and hence a fine for trespassing on another man's land ; in Icel. the taking possession of land as a settler : nes-nám in phrase nema nesnám to land on a ness and seize cattle : nám a seizing by the mind, learning
:
O. H. Ger. náma ; nót-náma rapina.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “nám.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/23423.

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