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nama

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
nama, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §50; §59; §154; §256; §282; §285; §401; §562;
a name
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  • Sumum men, ðam is Æþelm nama,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 383, 24.

  • Wæs ðam hæftméce Hrunting nama,

    • Beo. Th. 2919
      • ;
    • B. 1457.

  • Ðære (eá) is Geon noma,

    • Cd. Th. 15, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 230.

    Ego hoc feci,

    ic dyde ðis, ðon stent se ic on ðínes naman stede,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 5
      • ;
    • Som. 3, 33.

  • Naman

    titulo,

    • Hpt. Gl. 509, 4
      • :

    vocabulo,

    • 517, 61.

  • Hé nemþ his ágene sceáp be naman

    propias oves vocat nominatim,

    • Jn. Skt. 10, 3.

  • Be naman cígean,

    • Ps. Th. 146, 4.

  • Ðone ilcan wé hátaþ óðre naman ǽfensteorra,

    • Bt. 4
      • ;
    • Fox 8, 3 : 33. 4
      • ;
    • Fox 128, 27.

  • Ðú nemdest eall mid áne noman,

    • Met. 20, 56.

  • Him se pápa Petrus tó noman scóp,

    • Bd. 5, 7
      • ;
    • S. 620, 43.

  • God him sette naman Adam,

    • Homl. Th. i. 12, 31.

  • Hí him naman gesceópon,

    • 92, 27.

  • Hit ofetes noman ágan sceolde,

    • Cd. Th. 44, 34
      • ;
    • Gen. 719.
a noun
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  • Nomen is nama, mid ðam wé nemnaþ ealle þing ... Pronomen is ðæs naman speliend ... Amans lufigend cymþ of ðam worde amo, ic lufige; ðon nymþ hé of ðam naman him ealle ða six casus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 5
      • ;
    • Som. 3, 26-46.

  • Sume synd ágene naman, swá swá is Eádgár, Dúnstán. Sume gemǽnelíce, kynincg, biscop,

    • Som. 4, 10-11.
Etymology
[
Goth. namó
:
Icel. nafn
:
O. Sax. namo
:
O. Frs. noma
:
O. H. Ger. namo.
]
Similar entries
v. freó-, heáh-nama.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “nama.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/23424.

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