† nevenv.

Forms: Middle English neeuen, Middle English nefen, Middle English nefne, Middle English neiuen, Middle English nenys (2nd singular present indicative, transmission error), Middle English neuene, Middle English neuenne, Middle English neuyn, Middle English neuyne, Middle English nevene, Middle English newen, Middle English newon, Middle English newyn, Middle English neyuen, Middle English–1500s neuen, Middle English–1500s neuin, Middle English–1500s neven, Middle English–1500s nevyn, 1500s nevin; Scottish pre-1700 neuin, pre-1700 nevin, pre-1700 nevyn, pre-1700 nevyne, pre-1700 newine, pre-1700 newyne, pre-1700 nyvin. N.E.D. (1906) also records a form Middle English nevin.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic nefna , Danish nævne ; also Old Icelandic nemna , Old Swedish, Swedish nämna ) < the same Scandinavian base as Old Icelandic nafn , namn (see name n.). Compare name v., nemn v. Compare slightly earlier nevening n.Forms with -m- (see nemn v.) are occasionally found in manuscripts where the rhyme shows that the present word is intended.

Obsolete.

a. transitive. To utter, mention (the name of a person or thing); to speak (words).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)]

speakc825

queatheOE

forthdoc900

i-seggenc900

sayeOE

speak971

meleOE

quidOE

spella1000

forthbringc1000

givec1175

warpa1225

mootc1225

i-schirea1250

upbringa1250

outsay?c1250

spilec1275

talec1275

wisea1300

crackc1315

nevena1325

cast1330

rehearsec1330

roundc1330

spend1362

carpa1375

sermona1382

to speak outc1384

usea1387

minc1390

pronouncea1393

lancec1400

mellc1400

nurnc1400

slingc1400

tellc1400

wordc1400

yelpc1400

worka1425

utterc1444

outspeakc1449

yielda1450

arecchec1460

roose?a1475

cutc1525

to come forth with1532

bubble1536

prolate1542

report1548

prolocute1570

bespeak1579

wield1581

upbraid1587

up with (also mid) ——1594

name1595

upbrayc1600

discoursea1616

tonguea1616

to bring out1665

voice1665

emit1753

lip1789

to out with1802

pitch1811

go1836

to open one's head1843

vocabulize1861

shoot1915

verbal1920

be1982

a1325 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 29 Heyl be þou, marie... Blessed be þi name & god it is to neuene.

J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) 36 (MED) The secund commandement biddes us..that we neuen noght his name but worshipfully.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 8913 (MED) Sco had neuend [a1400 Fairf. neyuend; a1400 Trin. Cambr. nemed] crist nam.

a1400 (?c1300) Lay Folks Mass Bk. (Royal) (1879) 161 (MED) An erthly mon shal neuen þo wordes of ihesu crist.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 410 Noe..ofte neuened þe name of oure lorde.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) xxv. 116 Þan saise þe steward of þe courte þat lord and þat lorde, and neuens þaire names.

a1450 York Plays (1885) 313 (MED) Þer wordis þat þou nenys, noght nedis it..Spare of thy spekyng.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 84 Thy name I sall ay nevyne.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 33 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 96 Bot all yar names to nevyn as now It nocht neid Is.

b. transitive. To name (a person, etc.), to mention by name.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > speak of or mention

sayOE

showa1200

monec1225

roundc1275

specifya1300

sermon1303

nevenc1330

readc1330

reckonc1390

to make meaninga1400

rehearsec1405

express1430

remember1531

mention1559

c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 8161 (MED) Y neuen..Bot kinges, doukes, and amiraile.

J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) 90 (MED) Of this syn comes striuyng and flityng..And many ma than now is nede to be neuened.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 2327 Þis abram þat ȝee her me neuen.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 7897 Þi fader kan þou not neuen.

c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame 1438 By hym stoden other sevene, Wise and worthy for to nevene.

a1456 (c1425) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 649 Alle constillacyouns þat any man kan neven.

a1500 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 170 Many moo londes þat I can-not neuene.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. v. 60 The maist souerane realme,..That..man can nevin.

a. transitive. To mention, speak of, give an account of. Also with clause as object.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > mention or speak of

to speak of ——c825

sayOE

besayc1200

talk ofc1230

to make mention ofc1300

readc1300

yminnea1325

nevenc1330

to make mindc1350

toucha1375

famea1400

minta1400

clepec1400

rehearsec1405

recitec1436

reckonc1480

mentionatec1525

mention1530

to speak upon ——1535

name1542

repeatc1550

voice1597

commemorate1599

to speak on ——1600

notice1611

quote1612

to make vent ofa1616

memorate1623

mensh1928

c1330 Roland & Vernagu (Auch.) (1882) 771 (MED) Hou he steyȝe to heuen, Y no can nouȝt neuen.

c1395 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale 1473 Sith that god..Ne wol nat that the philosophres neuene How that a man shal come vn to this stoon.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 4056 Ioseph he sagh a night in sueuen, Þe quilk es worþie for to neuen.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 318 (MED) How he is merkid & made is mervaile to neuyn.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1105 I sall þe neuen sen þou me now prays, Þou sall be drechid of a drinke.

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 102 Þe vertuz & þe maners þat y shall neuen þe.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 23 (MED) This did thou more & les, ffull mervelus to neuen.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) iii. 19 A great gyaunt..To marveylous nowe for me to neven.

a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. C.iv He dare not well neuen What they do in heuen.

1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 30 Of saulis vnnummerable to nevin.

1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 93 We haif no man the law to nevin Allace our King is nocht of eild.

b. intransitive. To tell or make mention of.

ΚΠ

c1330 Roland & Vernagu (Auch.) (1882) 157 For þi herodes lete me sle, Þer of y þe neuen.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 187 (MED) Of ysaac nou wil i neuen.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 4881 (MED) Of þe noblay to neuen it neyd any cristen.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 196 Quhar gret dulle is..Newyn off it is bot ekyng off payne.

c. transitive. To tell (a story, the truth).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > tell the truth [verb (transitive)]

sayOE

tellc1330

nevena1375

straighten1970

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > tell (story) [verb (transitive)]

sayeOE

tellOE

nevena1375

narrate1656

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 2517 (MED) Þei..rested þere..al þe niȝt next after to neuen þe soþe.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 5031 (MED) If I þe sothe neuened..Þan suld þou slaa þe same segge.

a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) 6 Of a story y wyll begynne, That gracyus ys to nevyn.

d. transitive. In clauses with as, than, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > mention by name

nemneOE

anemnOE

nameOE

nevena1400

nominate1570

bename1579

hight1579

namefy1589

personate1592

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 2085 For he liued leleli as i ȝou neuen, He ssittes wid mighti godd in heuen.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 2743 Þe word es wers þan man mai neuen.

c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 232 How Crist stegh vntill heven. This takned Jacobs leddir, als bokes kan pleynere neven.

c1500 Blowbols Test. 247 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 103 Ther werre thereto sevynty and sevin Of dores in nombre, as poets doo nevin.

?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) 315 Gold perteynyng to þe sonne, as astronomers nevyn.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. ii. 144 A deidlie ȝeir, fer wers than I can nevin, Fell on our membris.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 716 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 117 Yair notis anone gif I richt newyne War of mary ye myld.

a. transitive. To give as a name to (a person or thing).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to

nemneOE

clepec1000

hightOE

sayOE

nameOE

yclepec1175

callc1300

nevena1400

deemc1400

christena1470

nominate1545

term1545

titulea1550

behight1579

benamea1586

inquire1590

nuncupate1609

indigitate1623

font1652

vocitate1653

express1659

appellate1768

nomenclature1824

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 4980 (MED) Þai neuend [a1400 Fairf. neyuent] me þe yongeist nam.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 10 (MED) Þat burȝe he biges vpon fyrst, & neuenes hit his aune nome.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 619 (MED) And so him neuyned was þe name of his next frendis, Alexsandire þe athill.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1119 He..comandis þaim swyþe..to make a cite, And neuens it his awen name.

b. transitive. To call (a thing) by a certain name.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to > designate or style as

sayOE

calla1250

deemc1400

nevenc1425

qualify?1465

designa1500

expound1530

style1570

intenda1599

dub1607

instyle1607

phrase1607

enstyle1616

speaka1625

cognominate1632

determine1653

clapa1657

designate1669

intimate1799

nominate1799

bedub1884

tab1924

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 4911 I not, in soth, what I may it nevene, Ouþer a dreme or veraily a sweuene.

a1500 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Trin. Dublin) 2119 Scamandra þe skyr flode þe scripture it neue [n] s.

4. intransitive. to neven: (perhaps) to wit, namely (used parenthetically).

ΚΠ

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 20 (MED) Þe date of Criste, to neuen, þus fele were gon, Auht hundreth euen & sexti & on.

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 4794 (MED) Þe tend day þaraftir, to neven, Þe erthe sal be made playn and even.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 5444 To acounte of þe kynges, Caras was on, And Nestor another, to neuyn, of þo same.

1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 215 (MED) Buried he was at Glastenbury, to neuen, His corps to the earth, his soule to heauen clere.

5. transitive. To appoint, nominate (a person) to a position.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > nominate

nameOE

nevenc1425

nominate1556

design1564

voice1594

designatea1616

tap1952

c1425 in Norfolk Archaeol. (1864) 6 222 Ȝe shal..ffoure persones..chesen & neuene ffor þe eleccioun of þe Meyr.

1442 Rolls of Parl. V. 60/1 Collectours therto to be nevend.

1442 Rolls of Parl. V. 60/2 To the chief Capitayn..by the Kyng to be nevend.

6. intransitive. To speak. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)]

matheleOE

speakc888

spellc888

yedc888

i-quethec900

reirdOE

meldOE

meleOE

quidOE

i-meleOE

wordOE

to open one's mouth (also lips)OE

mootOE

spellc1175

carpa1240

spilec1275

bespeakc1314

adda1382

mella1400

moutha1400

utter?a1400

lalec1400

nurnc1400

parlec1400

talkc1400

to say forthc1405

rekea1450

to say on1487

nevena1500

quinch1511

quetch1530

queckc1540

walk1550

cant1567

twang1602

articulate1615

tella1616

betalk1622

sermocinate1623

to give tongue1737

jaw1748

to break stillness1768

outspeaka1788

to give mouth1854

larum1877

to make noises1909

verbal1974

a1500 (?c1400) Song of Roland (1880) 1048 Then answerd olyuer with a ruffull steuyn, Angry in hert thus gan he nevyn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	neven
释义	† nevenv. Forms: Middle English neeuen, Middle English nefen, Middle English nefne, Middle English neiuen, Middle English nenys (2nd singular present indicative, transmission error), Middle English neuene, Middle English neuenne, Middle English neuyn, Middle English neuyne, Middle English nevene, Middle English newen, Middle English newon, Middle English newyn, Middle English neyuen, Middle English–1500s neuen, Middle English–1500s neuin, Middle English–1500s neven, Middle English–1500s nevyn, 1500s nevin; Scottish pre-1700 neuin, pre-1700 nevin, pre-1700 nevyn, pre-1700 nevyne, pre-1700 newine, pre-1700 newyne, pre-1700 nyvin. N.E.D. (1906) also records a form Middle English nevin. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic nefna , Danish nævne ; also Old Icelandic nemna , Old Swedish, Swedish nämna ) < the same Scandinavian base as Old Icelandic nafn , namn (see name n.). Compare name v., nemn v. Compare slightly earlier nevening n.Forms with -m- (see nemn v.) are occasionally found in manuscripts where the rhyme shows that the present word is intended. Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. To utter, mention (the name of a person or thing); to speak (words). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] speakc825 queatheOE forthdoc900 i-seggenc900 sayeOE speak971 meleOE quidOE spella1000 forthbringc1000 givec1175 warpa1225 mootc1225 i-schirea1250 upbringa1250 outsay?c1250 spilec1275 talec1275 wisea1300 crackc1315 nevena1325 cast1330 rehearsec1330 roundc1330 spend1362 carpa1375 sermona1382 to speak outc1384 usea1387 minc1390 pronouncea1393 lancec1400 mellc1400 nurnc1400 slingc1400 tellc1400 wordc1400 yelpc1400 worka1425 utterc1444 outspeakc1449 yielda1450 arecchec1460 roose?a1475 cutc1525 to come forth with1532 bubble1536 prolate1542 report1548 prolocute1570 bespeak1579 wield1581 upbraid1587 up with (also mid) ——1594 name1595 upbrayc1600 discoursea1616 tonguea1616 to bring out1665 voice1665 emit1753 lip1789 to out with1802 pitch1811 go1836 to open one's head1843 vocabulize1861 shoot1915 verbal1920 be1982 a1325 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 29 Heyl be þou, marie... Blessed be þi name & god it is to neuene. J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) 36 (MED) The secund commandement biddes us..that we neuen noght his name but worshipfully. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 8913 (MED) Sco had neuend [a1400 Fairf. neyuend; a1400 Trin. Cambr. nemed] crist nam. a1400 (?c1300) Lay Folks Mass Bk. (Royal) (1879) 161 (MED) An erthly mon shal neuen þo wordes of ihesu crist. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 410 Noe..ofte neuened þe name of oure lorde. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) xxv. 116 Þan saise þe steward of þe courte þat lord and þat lorde, and neuens þaire names. a1450 York Plays (1885) 313 (MED) Þer wordis þat þou nenys, noght nedis it..Spare of thy spekyng. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 84 Thy name I sall ay nevyne. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 33 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 96 Bot all yar names to nevyn as now It nocht neid Is. b. transitive. To name (a person, etc.), to mention by name. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > speak of or mention sayOE showa1200 monec1225 roundc1275 specifya1300 sermon1303 nevenc1330 readc1330 reckonc1390 to make meaninga1400 rehearsec1405 express1430 remember1531 mention1559 c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 8161 (MED) Y neuen..Bot kinges, doukes, and amiraile. J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) 90 (MED) Of this syn comes striuyng and flityng..And many ma than now is nede to be neuened. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 2327 Þis abram þat ȝee her me neuen. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 7897 Þi fader kan þou not neuen. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame 1438 By hym stoden other sevene, Wise and worthy for to nevene. a1456 (c1425) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 649 Alle constillacyouns þat any man kan neven. a1500 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 170 Many moo londes þat I can-not neuene. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. v. 60 The maist souerane realme,..That..man can nevin. 2. a. transitive. To mention, speak of, give an account of. Also with clause as object. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > mention or speak of to speak of ——c825 sayOE besayc1200 talk ofc1230 to make mention ofc1300 readc1300 yminnea1325 nevenc1330 to make mindc1350 toucha1375 famea1400 minta1400 clepec1400 rehearsec1405 recitec1436 reckonc1480 mentionatec1525 mention1530 to speak upon ——1535 name1542 repeatc1550 voice1597 commemorate1599 to speak on ——1600 notice1611 quote1612 to make vent ofa1616 memorate1623 mensh1928 c1330 Roland & Vernagu (Auch.) (1882) 771 (MED) Hou he steyȝe to heuen, Y no can nouȝt neuen. c1395 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale 1473 Sith that god..Ne wol nat that the philosophres neuene How that a man shal come vn to this stoon. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 4056 Ioseph he sagh a night in sueuen, Þe quilk es worþie for to neuen. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 318 (MED) How he is merkid & made is mervaile to neuyn. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1105 I sall þe neuen sen þou me now prays, Þou sall be drechid of a drinke. a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 102 Þe vertuz & þe maners þat y shall neuen þe. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 23 (MED) This did thou more & les, ffull mervelus to neuen. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) iii. 19 A great gyaunt..To marveylous nowe for me to neven. a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. C.iv He dare not well neuen What they do in heuen. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 30 Of saulis vnnummerable to nevin. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 93 We haif no man the law to nevin Allace our King is nocht of eild. b. intransitive. To tell or make mention of. ΚΠ c1330 Roland & Vernagu (Auch.) (1882) 157 For þi herodes lete me sle, Þer of y þe neuen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 187 (MED) Of ysaac nou wil i neuen. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 4881 (MED) Of þe noblay to neuen it neyd any cristen. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 196 Quhar gret dulle is..Newyn off it is bot ekyng off payne. c. transitive. To tell (a story, the truth). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > tell the truth [verb (transitive)] sayOE tellc1330 nevena1375 straighten1970 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > tell (story) [verb (transitive)] sayeOE tellOE nevena1375 narrate1656 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 2517 (MED) Þei..rested þere..al þe niȝt next after to neuen þe soþe. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 5031 (MED) If I þe sothe neuened..Þan suld þou slaa þe same segge. a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) 6 Of a story y wyll begynne, That gracyus ys to nevyn. d. transitive. In clauses with as, than, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > mention by name nemneOE anemnOE nameOE nevena1400 nominate1570 bename1579 hight1579 namefy1589 personate1592 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 2085 For he liued leleli as i ȝou neuen, He ssittes wid mighti godd in heuen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 2743 Þe word es wers þan man mai neuen. c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 232 How Crist stegh vntill heven. This takned Jacobs leddir, als bokes kan pleynere neven. c1500 Blowbols Test. 247 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 103 Ther werre thereto sevynty and sevin Of dores in nombre, as poets doo nevin. ?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) 315 Gold perteynyng to þe sonne, as astronomers nevyn. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. ii. 144 A deidlie ȝeir, fer wers than I can nevin, Fell on our membris. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 716 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 117 Yair notis anone gif I richt newyne War of mary ye myld. 3. a. transitive. To give as a name to (a person or thing). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to nemneOE clepec1000 hightOE sayOE nameOE yclepec1175 callc1300 nevena1400 deemc1400 christena1470 nominate1545 term1545 titulea1550 behight1579 benamea1586 inquire1590 nuncupate1609 indigitate1623 font1652 vocitate1653 express1659 appellate1768 nomenclature1824 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 4980 (MED) Þai neuend [a1400 Fairf. neyuent] me þe yongeist nam. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 10 (MED) Þat burȝe he biges vpon fyrst, & neuenes hit his aune nome. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 619 (MED) And so him neuyned was þe name of his next frendis, Alexsandire þe athill. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1119 He..comandis þaim swyþe..to make a cite, And neuens it his awen name. b. transitive. To call (a thing) by a certain name. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > call or give as name to > designate or style as sayOE calla1250 deemc1400 nevenc1425 qualify?1465 designa1500 expound1530 style1570 read1590 intenda1599 dub1607 instyle1607 phrase1607 enstyle1616 speaka1625 cognominate1632 determine1653 clapa1657 designate1669 intimate1799 nominate1799 bedub1884 tab1924 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 4911 I not, in soth, what I may it nevene, Ouþer a dreme or veraily a sweuene. a1500 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Trin. Dublin) 2119 Scamandra þe skyr flode þe scripture it neue [n] s. 4. intransitive. to neven: (perhaps) to wit, namely (used parenthetically). ΚΠ ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 20 (MED) Þe date of Criste, to neuen, þus fele were gon, Auht hundreth euen & sexti & on. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 4794 (MED) Þe tend day þaraftir, to neven, Þe erthe sal be made playn and even. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 5444 To acounte of þe kynges, Caras was on, And Nestor another, to neuyn, of þo same. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 215 (MED) Buried he was at Glastenbury, to neuen, His corps to the earth, his soule to heauen clere. 5. transitive. To appoint, nominate (a person) to a position. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > nominate nameOE nevenc1425 nominate1556 design1564 voice1594 designatea1616 tap1952 c1425 in Norfolk Archaeol. (1864) 6 222 Ȝe shal..ffoure persones..chesen & neuene ffor þe eleccioun of þe Meyr. 1442 Rolls of Parl. V. 60/1 Collectours therto to be nevend. 1442 Rolls of Parl. V. 60/2 To the chief Capitayn..by the Kyng to be nevend. 6. intransitive. To speak. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] matheleOE speakc888 spellc888 yedc888 i-quethec900 reirdOE meldOE meleOE quidOE i-meleOE wordOE to open one's mouth (also lips)OE mootOE spellc1175 carpa1240 spilec1275 bespeakc1314 adda1382 mella1400 moutha1400 utter?a1400 lalec1400 nurnc1400 parlec1400 talkc1400 to say forthc1405 rekea1450 to say on1487 nevena1500 quinch1511 quetch1530 queckc1540 walk1550 cant1567 twang1602 articulate1615 tella1616 betalk1622 sermocinate1623 to give tongue1737 jaw1748 to break stillness1768 outspeaka1788 to give mouth1854 larum1877 to make noises1909 verbal1974 a1500 (?c1400) Song of Roland (1880) 1048 Then answerd olyuer with a ruffull steuyn, Angry in hert thus gan he nevyn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.a1325
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