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tó-nama

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
tó-nama, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§584;
A surname, cognomen
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  • His tónama wæs Cambises gecweden,

    • Homl. Ass. 103, 25.
  • 'Huætd ðé tónoma (or tó noma (dat.)?; Rush. has noma) is?' And cuoeð tó him: 'Here tónoma mé is'

    quod tibi nomen este? Et dicit ei: 'Legio nomen mihi est,'

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 9.
  • Ðes wimman hadde on toname Magdalene,

    • O. E. Homl. ii. 143, 13.
  • Nu þu iherest of wuche gomen aras þer þe tonome ... tonome ariseð ofte of lutle þing þe long ilasted,

    • Laym. 9383.
  • God gyueth the riche fowl towname

    • (v. Lk. 12, 20-21),
    • Piers P. C-text 13, 211.
Etymology
Ger. zu-name.
Cf. Dan. til-navn.
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Linked entries
v.  tó-namian.
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