verb (used with or without object),nimmed,nim·ming.Archaic.
to steal or pilfer.
Origin of nim
1
before 900;Middle Englishnimen,Old Englishniman, cognate with Germannehmen,Old Norsenema,Gothicniman to take; cf. numb
nim
2
[nim]
noun
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
a game in which two players alternately remove one or more small items, such as matchsticks, from one of several rows or piles, the object being to take (or avoid taking) the last item remaining on the table
Word Origin for nim
C20: perhaps from archaic nim to take, from Old English niman
"to take, to steal" (archaic), Old English niman "to take, accept, receive, grasp, catch" (cf. Old Frisian nima, Middle Dutch nemen, German nehmen, Gothic niman; see nimble). The native word, replaced by Scandinavian-derived take (v.) and out of use from c.1500 except in slang sense of "to steal," which endured into 19c.
