† 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.
| α c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xxxvii. §4 Ne meaht þu hine na mid ryhte nemnan man ac neat. c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark vii. 26 Wæs þæt wif hæðen ðæs cynnes is nemned syro-phoenissa. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 222 Ðas wyrt man..lilium nemneþ. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 123 Þe mon þe bið efter criste selue cristene mon inemned. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 82 Ðes frenkis men o france moal, it nemnen ‘un iur natural’. a 1272 Luue Ron 161 in O.E. Misc. 98 Þis ilke ston þat ich þe nemne Mayden-hod icleoped is. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 7357 When þe kyng herde hym nemne a God, He asked þenne how þey trowd. 1382 Wyclif Isa. lxii. 2 A newe name, that the mouth of the Lord nemnede. 1408 E.E. Wills (1882) 15 For hys labour more than he ys nemnyd a-fore the date of thys. |
| β a 1225 Ancr. R. 158 Þeos þet ich habbe inempned her weren of þen olde lawe. c 1320 Cast. Love 299 Good is to nempnen hem for-þi. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 3196 Gy of Borgoyne he is þer..And oþer þat buþ noȝt nempned her. c 1430 Hymns Virgin (1867) 40 Þou schalt þinke ioie to heere þe name of ihesu be nempned. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 118 b/2 Thou art not worthy to nempne so..swete a name. 1559 Mirr. Mag. (1563) F ij, Than had my father..Of laufull barnes, me and one only other, Nempt Dauy Rothsay. 1590 Spenser F.Q. iii. x. 29 Much disdeigning to be so misdempt, Or a war-monger to be basely nempt. [a 1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary in Dodsley O. Pl. (1780) X. 236 That were transmued into birds, nemp'd pyes.] |
| γ c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xxxvii. §1 Hi hi underþiodað eallum þam unþeawum þe ic þe ær nemde. 971 Blickl. Hom. 13 Heo sylf hie þeowen nemde. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 39 Ðese fower mannisshe þe ich er inemd habbe. Ibid. 143 Hali boc nemmeð þes woreld sæ. a 1225 Ancr. R. 292 Nem ofte Jesu. c 1275 Passion 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. c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 465 An accident, þe which þey kunnen not nemyn to men. c 1400 Destr. Troy 153 An aunter in an yle þat I nem shall. c 1470 Gol. & Gaw. 664 Schir Bedwar to schir Bantellas..That baith war nemmyt in neid. 1508 Dunbar Tua Maritt Wemen 117 Quhen I heir nemmyt his name, than mak I nyne crocis. 1562–3 Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 234 The saidis partiis..hes nemmit Maister George Buchquhannane. |
Hence
† ˈnemning vbl. n. Obs. rare.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 290 Nim anon þene rod stef, mid nemmunge iðine muðe. 1382 Wyclif Eccl. xxiii. 10 The nemnyng [v.r. nemyng] forsothe of God be not continyuel in thi mouth. |