† eke-namen.
Obsolete.
An additional name, a nickname. Now superseded by the corrupt form nickname n.: a nekename ( Promp. Parv.) for an ekename.
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the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > nickname or additional name
to-namec950
eke-name1303
surnamec1330
bynamec1374
nickname1440
addition1472
epitheton1570
by-term1579
epithet1579
agnomination1590
adjunct1598
apathaton1598
byword1598
nurse-name1605
familiar name1611
suradditiona1616
sobriquet1646
agname1652
last name1695
agnomen1809
cognomen1811
soubriquet1818
nickery1823
handle1838
cognomination1843
moniker1851
eponym1863
adname1890
tag1961
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1530 As moche þan he ys to blame Þat ȝeueþ a man a vyle ekename.
1483 Cath. Angl. 112 An Ekname, agnomen.
1885 E. Clodd Myths & Dreams i. vi. 109 Nicknames (i.e. ekename or the added name).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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