Definition of "neven"

neven

verb
third-person singular simple present nevens, present participle nevening, simple past and past participle nevened
1. (obsolete, transitive) To give as a name to; name; call (someone something).
2. (obsolete, transitive) To appoint; nominate.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To mention; speak of; give an account of; tell.
4. (UK dialectal, transitive) To utter; mention the name of.
  Quotations
  Thou netherest of Nazareth, now nevened is thy name.
  1995, Richard Beadle, Pamela M. King, York Mystery Plays
5. (UK dialectal, Scotland, intransitive) To tell or make mention of (a person or thing); specify; designate.
6. (obsolete, intransitive) To say; speak.