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namian

  • verb [ weak ]
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namian, p. ode.
to name, mention the name of, mention
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  • Git ðú namast Crist

    dost thou still name the name of Christ?

    • Homl. Skt. 8, 165.

  • Ða twá tabelan getácnodon ða twá bebodu ðe ic nú namode,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 204, 21.

  • On ðære ylcan byrig ðe wé ǽr namodon,

    • 296, 32.

  • Namedon,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 8
      • ;
    • Som. 7, 7.

  • Ðæt ðú nánne brýdguman nǽfre mé ne namige

    that you never mention the name of any bridegroom to me,

    • Homl. Skt. 9, 37.

  • Ðeáh ðe wé ðás sinderlíce namian

    though we mention the names of these in particular,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 432, 23.
to name, appoint by name to a particular duty, nominate
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  • Gif hé ne mehte, ðonne namede him man six men,

    • L. Ed. 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 158, 21.

  • Beforan his witum ðe se cyng silf namode,

    • L. Æðelst. v. 10
      • ;
    • Th. i. 240, 6.
to name, give a name to
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  • Hwí namode Crist Abel rihtwísne?

    • Boutr. Scrd. 18, 6.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. nomia
:
O. H. Ger. namón.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-namian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “namian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/23429.

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