neven
verbEtymology 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.
1
Obsolete To give as a name to; name; call (someone something).
2
Obsolete To appoint; nominate.
3
Obsolete To mention; speak of; give an account of; tell.
- Thou netherest of Nazareth, now nevened is thy name.1995, Richard Beadle, Pamela M. King, York Mystery Plays:
6
Obsolete To say; speak.
- Derived terms
- nevening