† outˈnim, v. (prep.) Obs.
[out- 15.]
1. trans. lit. To take out. (Only as two words, OE. {uacu}t niman, pa. tense nam {uacu}t: see nim v.)
2. To except.
(In the quot. the construction is obscure.)
| c 1350 Old Us. Winchester in Eng. Gilds (1870) 353 And þat ne no man out nyme by no manere of fraunchise. |
3. The imperative = ‘except, leave out’ is used prepositionally: cf. except prep.
| 1340 Ayenb. 250 Alle þe wyttes of þe bodye, outnime þe lhordssip of riȝte scele. |