Ge-namian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-namian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-namian
- p. ode; pp. od [nama a name] To name, call, appoint; appellare, vocare :-- And Adam ðá genamode ealle nýtenu heora namum and Adam then named all cattle by their names; appellavitque omne jumentum nominibus suis, Gen. 2, 20. Hí wurdon genamode to ðam ylcan gewinne ðe heora fæderas on wǽron they were nominated to the same warfare in which their fathers were, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 4: i. 88, 3. Bútan ðære mægðe Leui ðe næs genamod ðǽr to besides the tribe of Levi that was not named amongst them, Swt. Rdr. 63, 224: Homl. Th. i. 282, 20. DER. namian, nama.