neven

Meanings

1. To give as a name to; name; call (someone something).
2. To appoint; nominate.
3. To mention; speak of; give an account of; tell.
4. To utter; mention the name of.
5. To tell or make mention of (a person or thing); specify; designate.
6. To say; speak.

Etymology

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.