nemnan, w. v. w. acc.: 1) _to name, call_: pres. pl.
þone yldestan
ōret-mecgas Bēowulf nemnað (_the
warriors
call the most distinguished one
Bēowulf_), 364; so inf.
nemnan, 2024; pret. pl. nemdon, 1355.--2) _to
address_, as in
be-nemnan, _to pronounce solemnly, put under a spell_: pret. sg. Fin
Hengeste ... āðum be-nemde þæt (_asserted, promised under oath that_ ...),
1098; pret. pl. swā hit oð dōmes dæg dīope benemdon þēodnas mǣre (_put
under a curse_), 3070.