Neven

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To give as a name to; name; call (someone something). obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To appoint; nominate. obsolete, transitive
  3. 3
    To mention; speak of; give an account of; tell. obsolete, transitive
  4. 4
    To utter; mention the name of. UK, dialectal, transitive

    "Thou netherest of Nazareth, now nevened is thy name."

  5. 5
    To tell or make mention of (a person or thing); specify; designate. Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
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  1. 6
    To say; speak. intransitive, obsolete

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"Thou netherest of Nazareth, now nevened is thy name."

Etymology

From Middle English nevenen, nevnen, nemmen, nempnen, nemnen, from Old English nemnan, nemnian (“to name, call, give a name to a person or thing; use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thing; enumerate; address, speak to; nominate; call upon the name of, address by name, invoke; mention by name, mention, relate”) and Old Norse nefna (“to name, call”); both from Proto-Germanic *namnijaną (“to name”). More at name.

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