Nim (?), v. t. [imp. Nam (?) or Nimmed (); p. p. Nomen (?) or Nome ().] [AS. niman. &root; 7. Cf. Nimble.]
To take; to steal; to filch.
[Obs.]
This canon it in his hand nam.
Chaucer.
© Webster 1913.
[Editor's note: Compare with the German word nehmen, meaning "to take". Its familiar imperative form is "Nimm!"]