v. (wk.)
Gaw past/pp. neuened; Cl pl. neuenen, past sg. neuened; Erk pp. neuenyd; WA infin. neuen, neuyn, pres. 1 sg. neuyn, pres 2 sg. neuynes, neuyns, pres. 3 sg. neuens, pres. pl. neuens, imp. sg. neuen, past sg. neuenyd, neuened, pp. neuend, neuyned, neuynd
'to name, call, mention, call on, state'
(Modern English )cp. OIcel nefna ‘to name, mention, appoint’ < PGmc *namnjan-; cp. OE nemnan, Go namnjan, OFris namna, nemma, OS nemnian, OHG nemnan, nemman, nennan
PGmc Ancestor
*namnjan-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
nefna ‘to name, mention, appoint’
(ONP nefna (2) (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far nevna, Icel nefna, Norw nemna, Dan nævne, Sw nämna
OE Cognate
nemnan, 'to name, call'
Phonological and morphological markers
dissimilation of ON /mn/ > /fn/
Summary category
A1*c
Predominantly N and E, but with a number of attestations further afield (inc. in Chaucer, Lydgate, PP.)
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 10, 58, 65 etc., Cl 410,1376, 1525; Erk 25, 195; WA 76, 260, 293 etc.
TPD emend <here> at WA 67 to <neuen> for metrical reasons.