Middle English Dictionary Entry
inimen v.
Entry Info
Forms | inimen v. Also ȝenimen. Forms: p.sg. (early) inọ̄m, genam, ȝenam(e; pl. (early) ȝenuman, ȝenāman; ppl. inumen, inum(e & (early) inumæn, genumen, ȝenume & inǒme(n, i(n)nọ̄me, inǒm, jnǒme, enǒme, (early) ȝenǒmen. |
Etymology | OE geniman; p.sg. genam, genōm; pl. genōmon, genāmon; ppl. genumen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To rob, seize; capture (sb. or sth.), seize; ~ of, take of (sth.); inume, ppl. as noun: prisoners; (b) to arrest (sb.); (c) to take away (sb. or sth.), remove; fig. of death: kill (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1119 : Þær wearð seo cyng..aflymed & ealle his betste mæn genumene..& sume þa castelas he mid strengðe genam.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)223 : Þat wif..ȝenam of þes trowes westm and æat.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)29 : Weneð þas ruperes..þet crist heom wulle milcien þah heo habbeð inumen and heom bi-ȝeten freondscipe et þon monnen þet heo a-gult habbeð.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7415 : Þat hauen of Douere he hauede inumen [Otho: inome].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)26979 : Petreiun heo nomen & heore inume allen.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)77/33 : Ðe bote nis nan oðer bute ȝielden ðat hie habben mid unrihte inomen.
- a1250 Lofsong Lefdi (Nero A.14)205 : Ich habbe..mid unriht iȝeuen mis and inumen mis.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)93 : Quellen him hi wolleþ nou hi him habbeþ inome.
- c1300 SLeg.Jas.(Hrl 2277)34 : In his synne him silf he slouȝ, & þerwiþ ic him habbe ynome.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)43 : Engelond haþ ibe inome & iwerred ilome.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)204/17 : Yef hy hedden wel yemd þe gates, þe uyend ne hedde naȝt ynome zuo greate casteles.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1105 : Speke we..Of Erld Olyuer..þat Sarazyns habbeþ ynome.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5868 : Ne had he so ycome, Þe kyng had ben sleyn oiþer ynome.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)2295 : We ben betrayed and jnome.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)88 : Tyl the tour be take & with strenthe y-nome.
b
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)31/143 : He wæs genumen and on rode gefestned.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)229 : Þa wel reowen hine ȝenuman [gloss.:?ȝenaman] and ȝebunden.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)206 : Mid sweordes..ye beoþ her icume, So me doþ to þeoue þat schal beon ynume.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)105/668 : Hit is riȝt..Felons inome hond habbing, For to suffre Jugement.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)417 : A preost..of Manslauȝt was bi-cleoped and..i-nome..And In þe bischopes prisone..he was i-do.
- ?c1335 Þe grace of god (Hrl 913)116 : For xxx peniis he him sold; Ynom and ibund he was.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)887 : Sone after sche was ynome & yladde to hir dome; Sore miȝt hir agrise Þo sche stode bifor þe iustise.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)3.1 : Now is Meede þe Mayden I-nomen and no mo of hem alle.
c
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)128/7 : Nan swa longe her on weorlde ne leofæð þæt eft þe deaþ hine ne ȝenime.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)223 : Þa ȝename he ribb of his sidan and ȝeworhte of þane ribbe ana wifman.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)649 : Þe ilke sulue ihesuc þat is from eu y-nume, He wile..hider to ev cume.
- c1300 Assump.Virg.(1) (Cmb Gg.4.27)111/5 : Hire swete assompcioun, Hu heo was fram erþe ynome In to blisse wiþ hire sone.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)423 : Ȝe worþ ynome of ȝour kyn..Of ȝoure Meyes and ȝoure ffreondes, and to hard deþ ydo.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.207 : Be we nouȝte vnkynde of owre catel ne of owre kunnynge neyther, For noet no man how neighe it is to be ynome fro bothe.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)495 : When body and soule togeder schal come And the gode to ioye be I-nome.
- c1450(?a1400) Chestre Launfal (Clg A.2)77 : Deþ hadde hys fadyr ynome.
2.
(a) To captivate (sb.), stupefy, overcome; (b) to dominate (sb.); ben inome, be subject (to sb. or sth.); (c) to trap (sth.), snare; fig. catch (sb.) out, catch, surprise; refute (sb.) in argument.
Associated quotations
a
- a1275 Louerd asse þu ard (Trin-C B.14.39)143 : Vrede hauit hire inomin wid suete tidinge.
- a1275 Serm.St.Nich.(Trin-C B.14.39)78 : Hem is sclep op on þat hore catel leued op on..he bet y-nome wid scleping.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)75/148 : Þat folk stod ase it were inome..Of þe Miracle heom wondrede alle.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1306 : Þe emperour ne miȝte þe king mid strengþe ouercome..vorte he adde mid honger him inome.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)144/7 : He is zuo ynome of þe holy loue þet he ne louie..him-zelue.
- c1390 SLeg.Dunstan (Vrn)131 : [He sat] as þeiȝ he weore i-nome, so muche þer-on he þouhte.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)20.45 : Nede hath ynome me þat I mote nede abyde.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.242 : Men reden nat that folk han gretter wit Than they that han be most with love ynome.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Chris.(LdMisc 108)33 : Þe schrewe wole euere aredi beo to heom þat beoth to him i-nome.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)959 : To Merci bi-houe I am al I-nome, And þus I am for þe I-come.
c
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)33 : He is forloren in to helle Gif eani mon bið inumen in þere sunne.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)79/10 : Ðese muȝen wuniȝen on godes telde..And ða ðe mede nemeð, hie ne sculen ðar neure cumen, ȝif hie bien ðar mide ȝenomene.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)541 : Hu þincþ þe artu ȝut inume? Artu mid riȝte ouercume?
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1059 : Þu were inume in one grine.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)644 : So he wole don alle and some Þat in pride be inome.
- a1400-a1500 Spec.Guy (Morrill)646 : Nowe be þou were, þou proude gome, Þat þou ne be in pryde enome.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)703 : Alegge þe riȝt þou may be innome By þys ilke spech I haue asspyed.
3.
(a) To take (sth.) for use, receive, accept, adopt; fig. receive (sth.) in the mind, attend to; ~ counseil (red), adopt a plan; ~ yeme (hed), take notice; ~ wit, recover (one's) wits; (b) to derive (sth.); assemble (folk); (c) to select (sb. or sth.), choose.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)77.18/15 : Gif..him þe lichama sar si, ȝenime betonica..welle on wine swiþe, drince þanne on nih-nihstiȝ.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)22/17 : [W]yþ ȝehwilce wommas..ȝenim ylpen-ban mid huniȝe ȝecnucod.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)149 : He..naueð inume ȝeme hweðer heo bi-wedded were..þet he hefde mid to donne.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)71 : Nv seið..al swa þe boc spekeð þe he to bisne inom.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)5/30 : Receperunt mercedem suam, Hie habbeð inumen here lean.
- c1300 SLeg.Cross (LdMisc 108)7 : Heo liet crie, ase heo hire red hadde i-nome, Þat alle..bifore hire scholden come.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)589 : Þe Maydenes hare lampes diȝte and hadde ynome hede.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)609 : Þe king adde..inome is red.
- a1350 Prov.Hend.(Hrl 2253)51 : Ȝef þe luste a sunne don..Ȝet is god to blynne, For when þe hete is ouercome, Ant þou haue þy wyt ynome [Dgb: þi wit is comen hom], Hit shal þe lyke wynne.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)178 : Þis tvelue to him come, So þe conseil was ynome, Wiþ grete honour & him gret.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)149/83 : I haue þat songe fful wele invm; In my wytt weyl it is wrought; It was gle glo glas glum.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)86/28 : Gif heo [the soul] wære of Godes aȝene cynde inumæn, witerlice ne mihte heo suneȝien.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)93 : On þisse deie þurh þes halie gastes to-cume, weren alle ispechen aȝein inumen and isome.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)223 : Þu eart of eorðe ȝenume, and þu awenst to eorðe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5383 : Heom þuhte muchel ferlich of al þeon folke, wher hit al i-numen weore þat heo iseiȝen þere.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)123/251 : Hi seȝ ihesus..Of flesch and blod of hyre ynome, Op in-to heuene steȝe.
c
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)25/16 : Þe salmes beoð inumene efter þe fif leattres of ure leafdis nome.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)655 : Ich nam nouȝt..fram none ordre i-nome, Ake fram heiȝe kingus court to holi churche.
- c1300 SLeg.Jas.(LdMisc 108)14 : To-gadere huy comen forto playdi, ase þe day was i-nome.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2421 : Vor to be maistres of þis folc we beþ ychose & ynome.
- c1330 SMChron.(Auch)683 : Þo þe parlement was y nome..þe king made hem swere oþes hold.
4.
(a) To take (sth.) in one's hand, carry, hold; (b) to take (sb.) in company; marry (sb.); ~ to wif, marry (a woman); (c) to clasp (sb.), embrace; (d) to undertake (a battle, joust), take (a road, way); take up (lodgings, a station); take (revenge).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)65.1/2 : Gif man on weiȝe gon wille, ðanne ȝenime he him on hande þas wirte artemesiam.
- c1330 Assump.Virg.(2) (Auch)9 : Whan man had palm inome, Þat man hauez..Hise enemis ouercome.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)182 : Orfeo haþ his armes y-nome.
- c1410(c1350) Gamelyn (Hrl 7334)119 : Whan þat euerich of hem a staf had inome, Gamelyn was war anon.
b
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1100 : Se cyng genam Mahalde him to wife.
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)40/230 : Þa genam Anna..oðerne were, þe wæs genæmd Cleophas.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)186 : Eneas Lauine heuede inomen.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)524 : Þo Iosep iherde of his fader come, Kniȝtes inowe mid him he haþ inome.
- a1400 I sayh hym (Mert 248)5 : I come vram þe wedlok as a svete spouse, Þet habbbe [read: habbe] my wif wiþ me in-nome.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25910 : Sone swa he hider com swa he þat maide inom [Otho: nam]; he wolde mon-radene habben wið þan maidene.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)205 : Nou in mine boure ich þe haue inome.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)38 : Massynisse..hym for joie in armes hath inome.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2343 : Tereus..in his armes hath his wif ynome.
d
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15911 : Sæie..wulches cunnes þinges vnder þissen stane staðel habbeoð inumen.
- a1250 Cristes milde moder (Nero A.14)107 : Ȝif þu heuedest wreche inumen of mine luðernesse..ich heuede al uorloren paradises blisse.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1197 : Ȝef men habbeþ bataile inume, Ich wat hwaþer schal beon ouer kume.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)86 : To a riche Cite hi buþ icume; Vaire hi habbeþ here in inome At one paleis suþe riche.
- c1330 Degare (Auch)475 : He Bi þi leue wolde iuste wiȝ þe..Iustes he had to þe inome.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)45/28 : Ofteziþes he heþ ynome to lite wreche.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)165/36 : Huo þet heþ þane guode way ynome, hit be-houeþ þet he him hyealde vestliche ine his wylle.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1143 : To hir he haþ þe waye ynome.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.2794 : Agamenoun..Towardis whom Hector haþ I-nome Þe riȝt weye.
- c1450(?a1400) Chestre Launfal (Clg A.2)112 : vii knyȝtes han here hare in ynom, And euer y wayte whan þey wyl come.
5.
(a) To draw (sth.), pull; ~ up, raise up (a sigh); ben inomen adoun, sag; (b) to proceed, make one's way.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1400 PConsc.(Gar 138:Yates)p.322 : His nose at the poynt schal scharp bicome, And his chynne adoune schal be ynome [Glb & Hrl: bygynnes his chyn to falle].
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)4659 : Þe boweles weren ynomen out And forbrent.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.1584 : Philoteas is to Aiax come And hath hym vp amonge þe hors I-nome.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)2268 : Al that nyght..madde scho mykyl sorowe; Al that day..'Alas!' was ofte oppe y-nome.
b
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)4332 : Er Cesar hadde vp lond ynomen Þer was sprad by þe se side ffair folk to fighte.