neven

See also: Neven, néven, nevén, and neven-

English

Alternative forms

nevin, nemmin, nem (Scotland)
nevyn

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.

Verb

neven (third-person singular simple present nevens, present participle nevening, simple past and past participle nevened)

(obsolete, transitive) To give as a name to; name; call (someone something).
(obsolete, transitive) To appoint; nominate.
(obsolete, transitive) To mention; speak of; give an account of; tell.
(UK dialectal, transitive) To utter; mention the name of.
- 1995, Richard Beadle, Pamela M. King, York Mystery Plays:
  Thou netherest of Nazareth, now nevened is thy name.
(UK dialectal, Scotland, intransitive) To tell or make mention of (a person or thing); specify; designate.
(obsolete, intransitive) To say; speak.