Namian. i

According to the Old English Dictionary:

namian. I

add:-- Swá swá Abraham dyde . . . and ꝥ wíf Anna . . . and fela óðre men ðe wé ne magan namian, Hml. A. 34, 261. III. substitute: to call by some title or epithet:-- Hwí namode Críst on his godspelle Abel rihtwísne tóforan óðrum ? cur Abel in evangelio singulariter justus nominatur ?, Angl. vii. 8, 76, IV. to name (with the name as complement) :-- Mercuries sunu þe hí Óðon namiað, Wlfst. 107, 11. V. with cognate object :-- Ne þú þínes Drihtnes naman ne namie on ídel, Wlfst. 66, 15. Hé ne gecneów þára namena nán ðing þe hé þǽr namode, Hml. S. 23, 685. v tó-namian. namian