Definitions
Definitions
1 nám
f. Seizure of property belonging to one which is in the hands of another :-- Be naame. Ne nime nán man náne náme, ne innan scíre ne út of scíre, ǽr man hæbbe þríwa on hundrede his rihtes gebeden; (but on the failure of legal means) nime ðonne leáfe ðæt hé móte hentan æfter his ágenan, L. C. S. 19 ; Th. i. 386, 9-17. Cf. Nullus namium capiat . . . accipiat licenciam namium capiendi, L. W. I. 45; Th. i. 485, 13-17 : L. H. I. 29, 2 ; Th. i. 533, 7. Nulli sine judicio vel licencia namiare liceat alium in suo vel alterius, 51, 3; Th. i. 550, 5. [Cf. Icel. land-nám in Norse law an unlawful holding of another man's land, and hence a fine for trespassing on another man's land ; in Icel. the taking possession of land as a settler : nes-nám in phrase nema nesnám to land on a ness and seize cattle : nám a seizing by the mind, learning : O. H. Ger. náma ; nót-náma rapina.] nam
Runic Inscription
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