nemnan

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *namnijaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnemnɑn/

Verb

nemnan

  1. to name, call
    Þæt bræġn nemde hit self.
    The brain named itself.

Conjugation
Conjugation of nemnan (weak class 1)
infinitive nemnan tō nemnenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular nemne nemde
2nd-person singular nemnest nemdest
3rd-person singular nemneþ nemde
plural nemnaþ nemdon
subjunctive present past
singular nemne nemde
plural nemnen nemden
imperative
singular nemn
plural nemnaþ
participle present past
nemnende (ġe)nemned

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: nemnen, nempnen, nevnen, nevenen

References
  • NEMNAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
  • NEMNAN supplemental input in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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