genemnan
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editEquivalent to ġe- + nemnan. Cognate with Old High German ginemnen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editġenemnan
- to give somebody or something a name; to name
- to use a name of somebody or something; to name
- to call upon the name of somebody; to invoke
- to address somebody by name
- to mention by name; to mention or relate
- to nominate; to name to a position
Conjugation
editConjugation of ġenemnan (weak class 1)
infinitive | ġenemnan | ġenemnenne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | ġenemne | ġenemde |
second person singular | ġenemnest | ġenemdest |
third person singular | ġenemneþ | ġenemde |
plural | ġenemnaþ | ġenemdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | ġenemne | ġenemde |
plural | ġenemnen | ġenemden |
imperative | ||
singular | ġenemne | |
plural | ġenemnaþ | |
participle | present | past |
ġenemnende | ġenemed, ġenemned |
Synonyms
editRelated terms
edit- ǣrġenemned (“before-named”)
- ġenemnendliċ (“nameable, knowable”)
- unġenemnendliċ (“unnameable, unknowable”)
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠENEMNAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠENEMNAN supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.