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to give as a name to an object.
a proper name of
a person
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  • Monno . . . wæs genemned

    hominem Matthaeum nomine,

      Mt. L. 9, 9.

  • Wes heora heratoga Reóda geháten, from þám heó sind genemnode Dæl Reódi,

      Chr. P. 5, 2.
  • Þus hié wǽron genemnde, Dubslane and Maccbethu, 891 ; P. 82, 26.
a place
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  • On þá burn þe ys genemned

    (dicitur)

      Effrem, Jn. II, 54.

  • On þám staþe þe is genemned Ypwines fleót,

      Chr. 449; P. 12, 7 : 552 ; P. 16, 25 : 926 P. 107, 24.
with a cognate accusative
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  • Þú his naman hǽlend ge-nemnest,

      Lk. l, 31.

  • Genemne ðú noma is haelend

    vocabis nomen ejus Iesum,

      Mt. L. i. 21.
a class name
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  • Ðeáh þú ealle gesceafta áne naman genemde, ealle þú nemdest tógædere and héte woruld

    though thou gavest each element a separate name, thou didst name them collectively and call them world,

      Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 27.

  • Leóht wæs þurh Drihtnes word dæg genemned,

      Gen. 130.
where a title or descriptive term is used,
to call.
of a person
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  • Ðá apostolasgenemde

    quos apostolos nominavit,

      Lk. L. 6, 13.

  • Genemna laruas

    vocare Rabbi,

      Mt. L. 23, 7.

  • Ꝥ bið hálig Godes sunu genemned,

      Bl. H. 7, 24.

  • Sé þe heora cyning mid rihte genemned wǽre,

      177, 12.

  • Þá syndan huntigystran genemde,

      Nar. 38, 3.
of a thing
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  • Ic forléto ðá boec ðá from Lucianus and Hesichio genemnedo praetermitto eos codices quos a Luciano et Hesychio nuncupatos, Mt. p. 2, 10. (2 a) of the title of a book :-- Ðá bóc ðe is genemned on Englisc Hierdebóc, Past. 7, 19. II a. to call so and so, say that a person or thing is so and so :-- Ðeignas salt eorðu genemde discipulos sal terrae appellans, Mt. p. 14, 11, Ic genemned eam nihthrefne gelíc, Ps. Th. 101, 5. II b. genemnan tó

    to speak of as

    :-- Heó hié sylfe tó ðeówene genemde (cf. Ic eom Drihtnes þeówen, 20),
      Bl. H. 9, 24.

  • Oft bið on hálgum gewrietum genemned midfeorh (-feorwe, MS.) tó gioguðháde

    in sacro eloquio aliquando adolescentia juventus vocatur,

      Past. 385, 31.

  • Godes gelaðung is genemned tó ánum mǽdene,

      Hml. Th. ii. 10, 20.

  • Hé wæs syððan eall genemned tó Sunnandæge oð ðæs Mónandæges lihtincge,

      Wlfst. 210, 3.
to mention by name (person or thing)
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  • Æðelwald . . . and Óscytel, and swíðe monige eác him þe wé nú genemnan ne magon. Chr. 905; P. 94, 15.

  • Háligne Gást . . . Fæder oððe Freóbearn. Ne sint þæt þreó Godas þriwa genemned,

      Hy. 10, 44.

  • Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu . . . , and fela ðinga ðe ic nú genæmnian ne can, Angl. ix. 264, 6. III a.

    to mention

    :-- Þára on háde sint syx genemned,
      El. 741.
to name in an appeal for help,
to invoke
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  • Þá genemde þǽra scypmanna án Sc̃s Martynus and hyne bæd hylpes. Þá stylde se storm sóna, Shrn. 147, 8. [In Bt. 33, 4; F. 128, 31, 35 probably for genemned should be read gemenged

    as in the corresponding

      Met. 20, 66, 79.
    ]
Etymology
[O.H.Ger. ge-nemnen, -nennen.]
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v. ǽr-genemned.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-nemnan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/49028.

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