nempne

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Middle English

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Etymology

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

Verb

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nempne (past tense nempned)

  1. 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”)

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