nemnan

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Old English

Alternative forms

nemnian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *namnijan (“to name”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnem.nɑn/

Verb

nemnan

to name, call
to enumerate
to address, speak to
to nominate
to invoke, mention, mention by name
to relate

Conjugation

Conjugation of nemnan (weak class 1)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	nemnan	nemnenne
first person singular	nemne	nemde
second person singular	nemnest	nemdest
third person singular	nemneþ	nemde
plural	nemnaþ	nemdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	nemne	nemde
plural	nemnen	nemden
imperative
singular	nemne
plural	nemnaþ
participle	present	past
	nemnende	(ġe)nemed, (ġe)nemned

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: nemnen, nempnen, nevnen, nevenen
- Scots: nemmin, nem, neme, nevin
- English: neven

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “NEMNAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “NEMNAN supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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