Ge-nemnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-nemnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-nemnan

p. -nemde; pp. -nemned, -nemnod To name; nominare :-- On ðære ceastre, ðe is genemned Nazareth in civitate, quæ vocatur Nazareth, Mt. Bos. 2, 23: 5, 19: Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 7: Cd. 6; Th. 8, 27; Gen. 130: 217; Th. 277, 16; Sat. 205: 221; Th. 287, 13; Sat. 366. Ðá genemde ðæra scypmanna án Scs. Martynus then one of the sailors named St. Martin, Shrn. 147, 8. Hí beóþ Godas genemnede [Cot. genemde] they are named gods, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 9. Hí Angle ge-nemnode wǽron they were named Angles, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 29. ge-nemnan

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ᚷᛖ-ᚾᛖᛗᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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