Old English · verb
nemnan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 1
- IPA
- /ˈnem.nɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈnem · nɑn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- nevennominateenumerateinvokementionrelate
Meaning
-
to name, call
On þone eahteðan ġeohheldæg bið þæs monðes fruma þe mon nemneð Ianuarius, þæt is on ūre ġeþēode sē æftera ġēola.
On the eighth day of Christmas is the beginning of the month that people call January, which in our language is After-Yule.
late 9th century, Old English Martyrology -
to enumerate
-
to address, speak to
-
to nominate
-
to invoke, mention, mention by name
-
to relate
Conjugation
All forms (16)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *namnijan (“to name”).
Descendants
neven
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nemnan · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution