neven

verb

1. To give as a name to; name; call (someone something).

   obsolete, transitive

2. To appoint; nominate.

   obsolete, transitive

3. To mention; speak of; give an account of; tell.

   obsolete, transitive

4. To utter; mention the name of.

   transitive

   Thou netherest of Nazareth, now nevened is thy name.

Where it comes from

From Middle English nevenen, nevnen, nemmen, nempnen, nemnen, from Old English nemnan, nemnian (“to name, call, give a name to a person or thing; use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thing; enumerate; address, speak to; nominate; call upon the name of, address by name, invoke; mention by name, mention, relate”) and Old Norse nefna (“to name, call”); both from Proto-Germanic *namnijaną (“to name”). More at name.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry neven (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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