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namian

  • verb [ weak ]
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namian, <b>. I.</b>
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  • Swá swá Abraham dyde . . . and ꝥ wíf Anna . . . and fela óðre men ðe wé ne magan namian,

      Hml. A. 34, 261.
substitute: to call by some title or epithet
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  • Hwí namode Críst on his godspelle Abel rihtwísne tóforan óðrum ?

    cur Abel in evangelio singulariter justus nominatur ?,

      Angl. vii. 8, 76,
to name (with the name as complement)
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  • Mercuries sunu þe hí Óðon namiað,

      Wlfst. 107, 11.
with cognate object
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  • 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.
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