† upnimv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To take up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > lift or take up
aheaveeOE
to reach upOE
to draw upOE
bearc1225
upnimc1290
to take upc1330
upholda1400
lutchc1400
hovec1480
upweigha1593
lift1596
poise1689
to up with1825
c1290 St. Brandan 11 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 220 Bi-twene his armes seint brendan þis holie man op nam.
c1320 Cast. Love 1488 He þat from heuene com, From louh an heiȝ he vs up-nom.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3024 It so bi-cam, Ðat moyses askes up-nam.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 143 Hi deþ ase deþ þe ilke mayde strongliche opnome of loue.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > taking or lifting up
upbearinga1340
upniming1340
lifting up1362
undertaking1382
uptaking1495
extolling1558
lift1570
catching upa1629
uplifting1650
tollation1688
gathering1691
punt1854
heft1881
bunk-up1919
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 22 Þe þridde kuead..ys fole opniminge of uals strif.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 83 Fole op-nymynge is huer lite profit liþ, and moche cost.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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