† undernimv.

Forms: (see under- prefix¹ 4a(a) and nim v.).

Etymology: Old English underniman ( < under- under- prefix¹ 4a + niman nim v.), = Old Saxon undarniman (to interrupt), Middle Dutch and Dutch ondernemen, Old High German untarneman (Middle High German, Middle Low German undernemen, German unternehmen).

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To take into the mind (or sense):

a. To understand, comprehend, perceive; to feel. Also const. that.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)]

yknoweOE

acknowOE

anyeteOE

latchc1000

undernimc1000

understandc1000

underyetec1000

afindOE

knowOE

seeOE

onfangc1175

takec1175

underfindc1200

underfonga1300

undertakea1300

kenc1330

gripea1340

comprehend1340

comprendc1374

espyc1374

perceivea1387

to take for ——?1387

catcha1398

conceivea1398

intenda1400

overtakea1400

tenda1400

havec1405

henta1450

comprise1477

skilla1500

brook1548

apprend1567

compass1576

perstanda1577

endue1590

sound1592

engrasp1593

in1603

fathom1611

resent1614

receivea1616

to take up1617

apprehend1631

to take in1646

grasp1680

understumblec1681

forstand1682

savvy1686

overstand1699

uptake1726

nouse1779

twig1815

undercumstand1824

absorb1840

sense1844

undercumstumble1854

seize1855

intelligize1865

dig1935

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xix. 12 Ne underfoð ealle menn þis word... Undernyme, se þe undernyman mæge.

a1023 Wulfstan Homilies lviii. 305 Man mæg swiðe eaðe witan, se ðe hit underniman wile, þæt hit eallunga riht nis [etc.].

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 11 Ac ich wile seȝen, undernimeð hit, hwat makeð swilch letten.

c1230 Hali Meid. 19 Ne underneomeð nawt, quoð he, þis ilke word alle.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1553 Quan ysaac it under-nam Ðat esau to late cam.

c1386 G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale 243 Whan that he the sauour vndernoom, Which that the Roses and the lilies caste.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 213 He ossed hym by vnnynges þat þay vnder-nomen, Þat he was flawen fro þe face of frelych dryȝtyn.

c1400 St. Alexius (Laud 463) 199 Sone he it vnder~nom, þat he to a borugh com, þat mychel was.

b. To receive by instruction; to learn.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > [verb (transitive)]

learnc900

undernimc1000

lerec1220

knowc1390

apprehenda1398

geta1400

learna1400

to take forth1530

to take out1550

c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxix. 76 He..folgode paule..and deoplice under-nam drihtnes lare æt him.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 83 For þat þe hie undernomen þe wise lore of ionan þe prophete.

a1225 Leg. Kath. 117 Hire feder hefde iset hire earliche to lare, & heo..undernom hit se wel þet nan nes hire euening.

a. To take upon oneself; to undertake.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)]

underfoc893

fandOE

onfangOE

undernimc1000

takec1175

to take tillc1175

to take toa1250

underfongc1330

undertakea1340

to take in (also on) handa1350

undertakec1385

attamec1386

to take in (also on) handc1390

embrace1393

emprisec1410

to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410

to go upon ——c1450

enterprise?1473

to set (one's) hand to1477

go?a1500

accept1524

assume1530

to hent in (also upon) handc1540

to swallow up1544

to take to task1546

to go into ——?1548

to set in hand1548

to fare about1563

entertain1569

undergo1606

to set about ——1611

to take up1660

to come at ——1901

c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 590 Gif þu leornian wille hu þæt gewurðan mæge, þonne undernim ðu leorning-cnihtes hiw.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 55 Bute weo hes [= them] halden we doð sunne, and uwilc mon hes undernim to halden wel.

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 105 Pusillanimitas. þet is to poure heorte..ei heh þing to underneomen.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13343 We..þis feht habbeoð under-numen [c1300 Otho onder-nome]. buten Arðures rede.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 83 Non ne is aryȝt preus..þet ne ys hardy and zyker to greate þinge ondernime.

c1425 Seven Sages (P.) 2858 I am comen For were that thou havest undirnome, For to helpe the.

b. absol. To undertake a journey; to travel.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey

ferec950

foundOE

sitheOE

to come upOE

comeOE

undernimc1275

to take or make (a, the, or one's) voyage1297

travelc1300

journeyc1330

to take one's waya1375

reisea1387

to fare a waya1400

voyage1477

wayfare1534

peregrinate1593

sojourn1608

to fare a voyage1609

to journey itc1680

to take one's foot in one's hand1755

stroke1823

trek1850

peruse1895

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4023 Al þat freoliche folc..þene dæie heo vnder-nomen [c1300 Otho onder-nime]. & to Lundene heo comen.

c1325 Orfeo 441 With ryght gode wille they can out gon... So long they have undernome, That to Crassens they were ycome.

a. To reprove, rebuke.Occasionally miswritten or misprinted undermyn(e, -mine.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)]

threac897

threapc897

begripea1000

threata1000

castea1200

chaste?c1225

takec1275

blame1297

chastya1300

sniba1300

withnima1315

undernima1325

rebukec1330

snuba1340

withtakea1340

reprovec1350

chastisea1375

arate1377

challenge1377

undertake1377

reprehenda1382

repreync1390

runta1398

snapea1400

underfoc1400

to call to account1434

to put downc1440

snebc1440

uptakec1440

correptc1449

reformc1450

reprise?c1450

to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450

control1451

redarguec1475

berisp1481

to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522

checkc1530

admonish1541

nip1548

twig?1550

impreve1552

lesson1555

to take down1562

to haul (a person) over the coals1565

increpate1570

touch1570

school1573

to gather up1577

task1580

redarguate?1590

expostulate1592

tutor1599

sauce1601

snip1601

sneap1611

to take in tax1635

to sharp up1647

round1653

threapen1671

reprimand1681

to take to task1682

document1690

chapter1693

repulse1746

twink1747

to speak to ——1753

haul1795

to pull up1799

carpet1840

rig1841

to talk to1860

to take (a person) to the woodshed1882

rawhide1895

to tell off1897

to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900

to get on ——1904

to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908

strafe1915

tick1915

woodshed1935

to slap (a person) down1938

sort1941

bind1942

bottle1946

mat1948

ream1950

zap1961

elder1967

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2727 Ðis on wulde don ðe toðer wrong, And moyses nam ðer-of kep,..And vndernam him ðat it agte awold.

a1325 Prose Psalter xxxiv. 19 Hij vndernimmeden me wyþ vnder-nyminge, & gnaisted vp me wyþ her teþe.

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 292 Ech man schulde bi þe lawe of þe gospel vndirnyme ech broþer þat synneþ aȝens him.

c1425 Orolog. Sapient. vi, in Anglia X. 373/21 Wheþer þy seruaunte..dorste be so bolde forto reprehende & vndirnime..his lorde.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 97 He comith not to liȝt, that hise werkis ben not vndernome.

absolute.a1400 New Test. (Paues) 2 Tim. iv. 2 Vndernyme þou, & byseche, & blame þou in eferich pacyence & in techynge.c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 2 Wherbi he canne schewe and proue it to be a defaute for which he vndirnymeth and blameth.

b. Const. of (a fault, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [verb (transitive)] > reproach with

upbraida1250

undernimc1320

to lay to one's credit, reproachc1515

to cast (a thing) in one's teeth1526

to twit (a person) in the teeth1530

to hit (one) in the teeth with1535

to cast (also lay, throw) (something) in one's dish1551

to fling (anything) in one's teeth1587

to throw (thrust, fling, (etc.)) (something) in a person's face1597

to tit (a person) in the teeth1622

nose1625

exprobrate1630

puta1663

c1320 Cast. Love 1420 He among hem com, And of misbileue he hem vndernom.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 115 Who-so vndernymeth me here-of I hate hym dedly after.

14.. T. Hoccleve Min. Poems 126/455 What art thow now presumptuous become, And list nat of thy mis been vndir~nome?

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 87 As the wiff of Amon, that undernam not her husbonde of his foly.

a1470 Dives & Pauper (1496) iv. vii. 169/1 Byfore all the monkes he undername the cellerer of his pryde.

c. reflexive. To convict (oneself).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > condemn or censure [verb (reflexive)]

undernimc1503

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxix/2 If otherwise he can not the lawe of the lorde he reproueth and vndernymeth himself to be noo priest of his lorde.

a. To take or catch, esp. secretly or unawares; to surprise.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > taking surreptitiously > take surreptitiously [verb (transitive)]

forsteala940

stealc950

undernimc1175

to run away with?c1430

embezzle1469

steal?1473

surrept1548

cloyne1549

abstract1555

secrete1749

smuggle1768

to run off1821

snakea1861

sneak1883

snitch1904

palm1941

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > assume care, protection, or custody of

undernimc1175

undertakec1300

to have, take, give (the) charge of1389

godfather1651

to have, take in charge1785

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > entrap, ensnare [verb (transitive)]

shrenchc897

beswike971

betrapa1000

bewindOE

undernimc1175

undertakec1175

bisayc1200

beguile?c1225

catchc1225

beginc1250

biwilea1275

tele?a1300

enginec1300

lime13..

umwrithea1340

engrin1340

oblige1340

belimec1350

enlacec1374

girnc1375

encumber138.

gnarec1380

enwrap1382

briguea1387

snarl1387

upbroid1387

trap1390

entrikea1393

englue1393

gildera1400

aguilec1400

betraisec1400

embrygec1400

snare1401

lacea1425

maska1425

begluec1430

marl1440

supprise?c1450

to prey ona1500

attrap1524

circumvene1526

entangle1526

tangle1526

entrap1531

mesh1532

embrake1542

crawl1548

illaqueate1548

intricate1548

inveigle1551

circumvent1553

felter1567

besnare1571

in trick1572

ensnare1576

overcatch1577

underfong1579

salt1580

entoil1581

comprehend1584

windlassa1586

folda1592

solicit1592

toil1592

bait1600

beset1600

engage1603

benet1604

imbrier1605

ambush1611

inknot1611

enmesha1616

trammela1616

fool1620

pinion1621

aucupate1630

fang1637

surprise1642

underreacha1652

trepan1656

ensnarl1658

stalk1659

irretiate1660

coil1748

nail1766

net1803

to rope in1840

mousetrap1870

spider1891

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 151 Monie kunnes men foleȝeden ure drihten,..summe to kunnen if heo mihten him mid sunne undernime.

a1225 Leg. Kath. 122 Modie meistres & feole fondeden hire ofte..for to underneomen hire.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2135 Ic rede ðe..To..gaderen coren, Ðat ðin folc ne wurð vnder-numen, Quan ðo hungri gere ben forð-cumen.

c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 613 & he of mi loue vnder-nome were..Me þenke y no myȝt it him nouȝt werne.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 173 Þe dyeaþ ssel come þet ofte ondernimþ þane zeneȝere huer he ne nimþ none hede.

b. To take away by stealth. (Also Old English.)

ΚΠ

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 45 He supplanted me of my patrymonye and now..he hath undernome from me my blessyng.

5. To receive into one's hands or charge.

ΚΠ

13.. St. Gregory 174 in Herrig Archiv LVII. 61 Þe kniȝt þat leuedi vnder nom And ladde hire forþ wiþ moche honour.

c1325 Orfeo 306 To his owne lady wel ny he come, And hur wel ny had undernome;..His owe lady, dam Erodysse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	undernim
释义	† undernimv. Forms: (see under- prefix¹ 4a(a) and nim v.). Etymology: Old English underniman ( < under- under- prefix¹ 4a + niman nim v.), = Old Saxon undarniman (to interrupt), Middle Dutch and Dutch ondernemen, Old High German untarneman (Middle High German, Middle Low German undernemen, German unternehmen). Obsolete. 1. transitive. To take into the mind (or sense): a. To understand, comprehend, perceive; to feel. Also const. that. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)] yknoweOE acknowOE anyeteOE latchc1000 undernimc1000 understandc1000 underyetec1000 afindOE knowOE seeOE onfangc1175 takec1175 underfindc1200 underfonga1300 undertakea1300 kenc1330 gripea1340 comprehend1340 comprendc1374 espyc1374 perceivea1387 to take for ——?1387 catcha1398 conceivea1398 intenda1400 overtakea1400 tenda1400 havec1405 henta1450 comprise1477 skilla1500 brook1548 apprend1567 compass1576 perstanda1577 endue1590 sound1592 engrasp1593 in1603 fathom1611 resent1614 receivea1616 to take up1617 apprehend1631 to take in1646 grasp1680 understumblec1681 forstand1682 savvy1686 overstand1699 uptake1726 nouse1779 twig1815 undercumstand1824 absorb1840 sense1844 undercumstumble1854 seize1855 intelligize1865 dig1935 read1956 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xix. 12 Ne underfoð ealle menn þis word... Undernyme, se þe undernyman mæge. a1023 Wulfstan Homilies lviii. 305 Man mæg swiðe eaðe witan, se ðe hit underniman wile, þæt hit eallunga riht nis [etc.]. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 11 Ac ich wile seȝen, undernimeð hit, hwat makeð swilch letten. c1230 Hali Meid. 19 Ne underneomeð nawt, quoð he, þis ilke word alle. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1553 Quan ysaac it under-nam Ðat esau to late cam. c1386 G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale 243 Whan that he the sauour vndernoom, Which that the Roses and the lilies caste. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 213 He ossed hym by vnnynges þat þay vnder-nomen, Þat he was flawen fro þe face of frelych dryȝtyn. c1400 St. Alexius (Laud 463) 199 Sone he it vnder~nom, þat he to a borugh com, þat mychel was. b. To receive by instruction; to learn. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > [verb (transitive)] learnc900 undernimc1000 lerec1220 knowc1390 apprehenda1398 geta1400 learna1400 to take forth1530 to take out1550 c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxix. 76 He..folgode paule..and deoplice under-nam drihtnes lare æt him. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 83 For þat þe hie undernomen þe wise lore of ionan þe prophete. a1225 Leg. Kath. 117 Hire feder hefde iset hire earliche to lare, & heo..undernom hit se wel þet nan nes hire euening. 2. a. To take upon oneself; to undertake. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] underfoc893 fandOE onfangOE undernimc1000 takec1175 to take tillc1175 to take toa1250 underfongc1330 undertakea1340 to take in (also on) handa1350 undertakec1385 attamec1386 to take in (also on) handc1390 embrace1393 emprisec1410 to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410 to go upon ——c1450 enterprise?1473 to set (one's) hand to1477 go?a1500 accept1524 assume1530 to hent in (also upon) handc1540 to swallow up1544 to take to task1546 to go into ——?1548 to set in hand1548 to fare about1563 entertain1569 undergo1606 to set about ——1611 to take up1660 to come at ——1901 c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 590 Gif þu leornian wille hu þæt gewurðan mæge, þonne undernim ðu leorning-cnihtes hiw. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 55 Bute weo hes [= them] halden we doð sunne, and uwilc mon hes undernim to halden wel. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 105 Pusillanimitas. þet is to poure heorte..ei heh þing to underneomen. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13343 We..þis feht habbeoð under-numen [c1300 Otho onder-nome]. buten Arðures rede. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 83 Non ne is aryȝt preus..þet ne ys hardy and zyker to greate þinge ondernime. c1425 Seven Sages (P.) 2858 I am comen For were that thou havest undirnome, For to helpe the. b. absol. To undertake a journey; to travel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey ferec950 foundOE sitheOE to come upOE comeOE undernimc1275 to take or make (a, the, or one's) voyage1297 travelc1300 journeyc1330 to take one's waya1375 reisea1387 to fare a waya1400 voyage1477 wayfare1534 peregrinate1593 sojourn1608 to fare a voyage1609 to journey itc1680 to take one's foot in one's hand1755 stroke1823 trek1850 peruse1895 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4023 Al þat freoliche folc..þene dæie heo vnder-nomen [c1300 Otho onder-nime]. & to Lundene heo comen. c1325 Orfeo 441 With ryght gode wille they can out gon... So long they have undernome, That to Crassens they were ycome. 3. a. To reprove, rebuke.Occasionally miswritten or misprinted undermyn(e, -mine. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] threac897 threapc897 begripea1000 threata1000 castea1200 chaste?c1225 takec1275 blame1297 chastya1300 sniba1300 withnima1315 undernima1325 rebukec1330 snuba1340 withtakea1340 reprovec1350 chastisea1375 arate1377 challenge1377 undertake1377 reprehenda1382 repreync1390 runta1398 snapea1400 underfoc1400 to call to account1434 to put downc1440 snebc1440 uptakec1440 correptc1449 reformc1450 reprise?c1450 to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450 control1451 redarguec1475 berisp1481 to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522 checkc1530 admonish1541 nip1548 twig?1550 impreve1552 lesson1555 to take down1562 to haul (a person) over the coals1565 increpate1570 touch1570 school1573 to gather up1577 task1580 redarguate?1590 expostulate1592 tutor1599 sauce1601 snip1601 sneap1611 to take in tax1635 to sharp up1647 round1653 threapen1671 reprimand1681 to take to task1682 document1690 chapter1693 repulse1746 twink1747 to speak to ——1753 haul1795 to pull up1799 carpet1840 rig1841 to talk to1860 to take (a person) to the woodshed1882 rawhide1895 to tell off1897 to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900 to get on ——1904 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 strafe1915 tick1915 woodshed1935 to slap (a person) down1938 sort1941 bind1942 bottle1946 mat1948 ream1950 zap1961 elder1967 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2727 Ðis on wulde don ðe toðer wrong, And moyses nam ðer-of kep,..And vndernam him ðat it agte awold. a1325 Prose Psalter xxxiv. 19 Hij vndernimmeden me wyþ vnder-nyminge, & gnaisted vp me wyþ her teþe. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 292 Ech man schulde bi þe lawe of þe gospel vndirnyme ech broþer þat synneþ aȝens him. c1425 Orolog. Sapient. vi, in Anglia X. 373/21 Wheþer þy seruaunte..dorste be so bolde forto reprehende & vndirnime..his lorde. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 97 He comith not to liȝt, that hise werkis ben not vndernome. absolute.a1400 New Test. (Paues) 2 Tim. iv. 2 Vndernyme þou, & byseche, & blame þou in eferich pacyence & in techynge.c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 2 Wherbi he canne schewe and proue it to be a defaute for which he vndirnymeth and blameth. b. Const. of (a fault, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [verb (transitive)] > reproach with upbraida1250 undernimc1320 to lay to one's credit, reproachc1515 to cast (a thing) in one's teeth1526 to twit (a person) in the teeth1530 to hit (one) in the teeth with1535 to cast (also lay, throw) (something) in one's dish1551 to fling (anything) in one's teeth1587 to throw (thrust, fling, (etc.)) (something) in a person's face1597 to tit (a person) in the teeth1622 nose1625 exprobrate1630 puta1663 c1320 Cast. Love 1420 He among hem com, And of misbileue he hem vndernom. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 115 Who-so vndernymeth me here-of I hate hym dedly after. 14.. T. Hoccleve Min. Poems 126/455 What art thow now presumptuous become, And list nat of thy mis been vndir~nome? a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 87 As the wiff of Amon, that undernam not her husbonde of his foly. a1470 Dives & Pauper (1496) iv. vii. 169/1 Byfore all the monkes he undername the cellerer of his pryde. c. reflexive. To convict (oneself). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > condemn or censure [verb (reflexive)] undernimc1503 c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxix/2 If otherwise he can not the lawe of the lorde he reproueth and vndernymeth himself to be noo priest of his lorde. 4. a. To take or catch, esp. secretly or unawares; to surprise. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking surreptitiously > take surreptitiously [verb (transitive)] forsteala940 stealc950 undernimc1175 to run away with?c1430 embezzle1469 steal?1473 surrept1548 cloyne1549 abstract1555 secrete1749 smuggle1768 to run off1821 snakea1861 sneak1883 snitch1904 palm1941 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > assume care, protection, or custody of undernimc1175 undertakec1300 to have, take, give (the) charge of1389 godfather1651 to have, take in charge1785 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > entrap, ensnare [verb (transitive)] shrenchc897 beswike971 betrapa1000 bewindOE undernimc1175 undertakec1175 bisayc1200 beguile?c1225 catchc1225 beginc1250 biwilea1275 tele?a1300 enginec1300 lime13.. umwrithea1340 engrin1340 oblige1340 belimec1350 enlacec1374 girnc1375 encumber138. gnarec1380 enwrap1382 briguea1387 snarl1387 upbroid1387 trap1390 entrikea1393 englue1393 gildera1400 aguilec1400 betraisec1400 embrygec1400 snare1401 lacea1425 maska1425 begluec1430 marl1440 supprise?c1450 to prey ona1500 attrap1524 circumvene1526 entangle1526 tangle1526 entrap1531 mesh1532 embrake1542 crawl1548 illaqueate1548 intricate1548 inveigle1551 circumvent1553 felter1567 besnare1571 in trick1572 ensnare1576 overcatch1577 underfong1579 salt1580 entoil1581 comprehend1584 windlassa1586 folda1592 solicit1592 toil1592 bait1600 beset1600 engage1603 benet1604 imbrier1605 ambush1611 inknot1611 enmesha1616 trammela1616 fool1620 pinion1621 aucupate1630 fang1637 surprise1642 underreacha1652 trepan1656 ensnarl1658 stalk1659 irretiate1660 coil1748 nail1766 net1803 to rope in1840 mousetrap1870 spider1891 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 151 Monie kunnes men foleȝeden ure drihten,..summe to kunnen if heo mihten him mid sunne undernime. a1225 Leg. Kath. 122 Modie meistres & feole fondeden hire ofte..for to underneomen hire. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2135 Ic rede ðe..To..gaderen coren, Ðat ðin folc ne wurð vnder-numen, Quan ðo hungri gere ben forð-cumen. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 613 & he of mi loue vnder-nome were..Me þenke y no myȝt it him nouȝt werne. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 173 Þe dyeaþ ssel come þet ofte ondernimþ þane zeneȝere huer he ne nimþ none hede. b. To take away by stealth. (Also Old English.) ΚΠ 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 45 He supplanted me of my patrymonye and now..he hath undernome from me my blessyng. 5. To receive into one's hands or charge. ΚΠ 13.. St. Gregory 174 in Herrig Archiv LVII. 61 Þe kniȝt þat leuedi vnder nom And ladde hire forþ wiþ moche honour. c1325 Orfeo 306 To his owne lady wel ny he come, And hur wel ny had undernome;..His owe lady, dam Erodysse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1000
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