Participles
| Present | undernimende |
| Past | undernumen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | undernime |
| 2nd sing. | undernimest; undernimst |
| 3rd sing. | undernimeþ; undernimþ |
| 1st plur. | undernimaþ |
| 2nd plur. | undernimaþ |
| 3rd plur. | undernimaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | undernōm |
| 2nd sing. | undernōme |
| 3rd sing. | undernōm |
| 1st plur. | undernōmon |
| 2nd plur. | undernōmon |
| 3rd plur. | undernōmon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | undernime |
| 2nd sing. | undernime |
| 3rd sing. | undernime |
| 1st plur. | undernimen |
| 2nd plur. | undernimen |
| 3rd plur. | undernimen |
Past
| 1st sing. | undernōme |
| 2nd sing. | undernōme |
| 3rd sing. | undernōme |
| 1st plur. | undernōmen |
| 2nd plur. | undernōmen |
| 3rd plur. | undernōmen |
Imperative
| Singular | undernim |
| Plural | undernimaþ |
Verbs similar to 'underniman'
oferniman,
underberan,
underbugan,
undergan,
underginnan,
undersecan,
underwritan,
underþiedan,
beniman,
dælniman,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *underneman. Equivalent to under- + niman. Akin to Old Saxon undarniman and Old High German untarneman. See: Old High German 'untarneman'.
Verbs referencing "underniman"
Old French
entreprendre, Middle English
undernimen.
Sample Sentences
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c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
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Ġif ðū leornian wille hū þæt ġewurðan mæġe, þonne undernim ðū leorning-cnihtes hīw, þæt þū ðās ġerȳnu leornian mæġe. (If you wish to learn how that can be, then undertake the character of a disciple (literally “of a learning-boy”), to be able to learn this mystery.)
Cognates
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