Nilionidæ (nilionide)

pl. [ nill1 (nil), v. [Also nil; Certes, said he, I nill thine offer'd grace. Spenser . An . Unite our appetites, and make them calm. Er . To will and nill one thing. An. And so to move Affection of our wills as in our love. B. Jonson, Love's Welcome at Bolsover. II. in trans. Will not; be unwilling. [Obsolete except in the phrase will you ( he , etc.), nil you (he, etc.).] Neih wommon ichaue to muche i-beo, I nule come neih hire no more! Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 21. And yf thaire huske of easily nyl goone, Ley hem in chaf, and it wol of anoone. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 55. For who nill bide the burden of distre e Must not here thinke to live. Spenser, F. Q., III. xi. 14. Shak., T. of the S., ii. 1. 273. And will you , nill you , I will marry you. 3995 dispense, a ign, also, as in mid. νέμεσθαι, take as one's own, have, hold, po e , manage, sway, rule, etc., also pasture, graze, feed, etc. (>νέμος, a wooded pasture, = L. nemus, a grove, wood, etc.; νομός, a pasture, νόμος, law, etc.: see поте, поте5, etc.). Connection with L. emere, take, buy (> E. emption, exempt, redeem, redemp tion, etc.), and Ir. em, take, is improbable. The verb nim, formerly the usual word for 'take,' has in most senses become obsolete (being displaced by take ), but its derivatives, numb (orig. pp.) and nimble, are in common use.] I. trans. 11. To take; take in the hands; lay hold of, in order to move, carry, or use. In the general sense 'take,' and in the various particular senses exhibited below and in the principal uses of take, nim was formerly in very common use, being the general Teutonic term for 'take.' In Middle English nim was gradually superseded by take, which is properly Scand in avian. Tho Clarice to the piler com, And the bac in of golde пот . King Horn (E. E. T. S.), p. 68. This chanoun it in his hondes nam . Chaucer, Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 286. 2. To seize; seize upon; take away; remove; take unlawfully; filch; steal. Goddes aungeles the soule nam , And bare hyt ynto the bosum of Abraham. MS . Harl . 1701, f. 44. ( Hall i well .) Men reden not that folk han gretter witte Than they that han ben most with love ynome . Chaucer , Troilus, i. 242. IMG:content-1391.png:[blocks in formation] appointed it for us. IMG:content-1392.png:[blocks in formation]