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† nemn, v. Obs.
Forms: α. 1–3 nemnan, 3 nemnen, 3–4 nemne, 4 nemny. β. 3–6 nempne, (3–4 -pnen), 4 nempe (nymphe), 6 pa. pple. nempt, 7 nemp'd. γ. 1–4 pa. tense nemde, 3 pa. pple. i-nemd; 3–4 nemmen, 4–5 nem(m)yn, (5 nemon), 4– 6 nemme, nem.
[OE. nęmnan = OFris. namna, namne, OS. nemnian, MDu. nennen (usu. in forms nande, genant), MLG. nennen (rare), OHG. nemnan, nemman, nennen (G. nennen), ON. nefna, nemna (Sw. nämna, Da. nævne), Goth. namnjan, f. the stem *namn-: see name n.]
trans. To name; to call (by some name); to mention.
αc888K. ælfred Boeth. xxxvii. §4 Ne meaht þu hine na mid ryhte nemnan man ac neat. c950Lindisf. Gosp. Mark vii. 26 Wæs þæt wif hæðen ðæs cynnes is nemned syro-phoenissa. c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 222 Ðas wyrt man..lilium nemneþ. c1175Lamb. Hom. 123 Þe mon þe bið efter criste selue cristene mon inemned. c1250Gen. & Ex. 82 Ðes frenkis men o france moal, it nemnen ‘un iur natural’. a1272Luue Ron 161 in O.E. Misc. 98 Þis ilke ston þat ich þe nemne Mayden-hod icleoped is. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 7357 When þe kyng herde hym nemne a God, He asked þenne how þey trowd. 1382Wyclif Isa. lxii. 2 A newe name, that the mouth of the Lord nemnede. 1408E.E. Wills (1882) 15 For hys labour more than he ys nemnyd a-fore the date of thys.
βa1225Ancr. R. 158 Þeos þet ich habbe inempned her weren of þen olde lawe. c1320Cast. Love 299 Good is to nempnen hem for-þi. c1380Sir Ferumb. 3196 Gy of Borgoyne he is þer..And oþer þat buþ noȝt nempned her. c1430Hymns Virgin (1867) 40 Þou schalt þinke ioie to heere þe name of ihesu be nempned. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 118 b/2 Thou art not worthy to nempne so..swete a name. 1559Mirr. Mag. (1563) F ij, Than had my father..Of laufull barnes, me and one only other, Nempt Dauy Rothsay. 1590Spenser F.Q. iii. x. 29 Much disdeigning to be so misdempt, Or a war-monger to be basely nempt. [a1643W. Cartwright Ordinary in Dodsley O. Pl. (1780) X. 236 That were transmued into birds, nemp'd pyes.]
γc888K. ælfred Boeth. xxxvii. §1 Hi hi underþiodað eallum þam unþeawum þe ic þe ær nemde. 971Blickl. Hom. 13 Heo sylf hie þeowen nemde. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 39 Ðese fower mannisshe þe ich er inemd habbe. Ibid. 143 Hali boc nemmeð þes woreld sæ. a1225Ancr. R. 292 Nem ofte Jesu. c1275Passion our Lord 577 in O.E. Misc. 53 Iesus þo nemde marie. 13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 997 As þise stonez in writ con nemme, I knew þe name after his tale. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 465 An accident, þe which þey kunnen not nemyn to men. c1400Destr. Troy 153 An aunter in an yle þat I nem shall. c1470Gol. & Gaw. 664 Schir Bedwar to schir Bantellas..That baith war nemmyt in neid. 1508Dunbar Tua Maritt Wemen 117 Quhen I heir nemmyt his name, than mak I nyne crocis. 1562–3Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 234 The saidis partiis..hes nemmit Maister George Buchquhannane.
Hence † ˈnemning vbl. n. Obs. rare.
a1225Ancr. R. 290 Nim anon þene rod stef, mid nemmunge iðine muðe. 1382Wyclif Eccl. xxiii. 10 The nemnyng [v.r. nemyng] forsothe of God be not continyuel in thi mouth. |