underniman

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *underneman. Equivalent to under- +‎ niman. Akin to Old Saxon undarniman and Old High German untarneman. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌun.derˈni.mɑn/ === Verb === underniman to steal (figuratively) to receive, take upon oneself, undertake (to take into the mind what is said or taught) c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle" ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Notes on Conjugation ==== See niman. ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: undernimen === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “underniman”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.