nempne

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Middle English

Alternative forms

nempnen, nemnen, nennen, nemne

Etymology

From Old English nemnan (“to name or call”). See name (verb).

Verb

nempne (past tense nempned)

to name or call
Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Man of Law's Tale, verses 506-508
til atte laste under an hoold that nempnen I ne kan fer in Northhumberlond, the wawe hir caste
(literally, “until at last under a keep I cannot name far up Northumerland she was cast”)

References

“nempne”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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