; p. -nam,
pl. -námon;
pp. -numen.
I. to take surreptitiously, to steal. v.
under-fón, VIII :-- Gif feoh sý undernumen (under numen?), Lchdm. i. 392, 8.
II. in figurative senses, (1)
to take into the mind, receive what is said, taught, etc. :-- Gehádede men hit sceolon him ásecgan, undernimð se ðe wile, Wulfst. 305, 20. Hé deóplíce undernam Drihtnes láre æt him, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 76. Abraham undernam hefiglíce ðás word
dure accepit hoc, Gen. 21, 11.