Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Nam \Nam\ [Contr. fr. ne am.]
   Am not. [Obs.]

Nam \Nam\, obs.
   imp. of {Nim}. --Chaucer.

Nim \Nim\, v. t. [imp. {Nam}or {Nimmed}; p. p. {Nomen}or
   {Nome}.] [AS. niman. [root] 7. Cf. {Nimble}.]
   To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.]

         This canon it in his hand nam.           --Chaucer.