Nam \Nam\ [Contr. fr. ne am.] Am not. [Obs.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Nam \Nam\, obs. imp. of Nim. --Chaucer.
Nim \Nim\, v. t. [imp. Namor Nimmed; p. p. Nomenor Nome.] [AS. niman. [root] 7. Cf. Nimble.] To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.]
This canon it in his hand nam. --Chaucer.