nemne

From the Old Norse verb nefna, from Proto-Germanic *namnijaną. Cognates include German nennen, not least the other North-Germanic languages Icelandic nefna, Faroese nevna, Norwegian Bokmål nevne, Swedish nämna, and Danish nævne.

• nemna (a-infinitive)

nemne (present tense nemner, past tense nemnde, past participle nemnd/nemnt, passive infinitive nemnast, present participle nemnande, imperative nemn)

1. (transitive) to mention

   ingen nemnd, ingen gløymd

   if no one is mentioned, then no one is forgotten (idiomatic)

2. (transitive) to utter, say out loud
3. (transitive, rare) to mark with a name, e.g. by putting on a name tag
4. (ditransitive, rare) to call; to give a name to

   dei nemnde dottera si "Sara"

   they named their daughter "Sara"

• namn n (“a name”)

• nevne (Bokmål)

From Old Norse nefni.

nemne n (definite singular nemnet, indefinite plural nemne, definite plural nemna)

1. a name

• “nemne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.