byname

Etymology

From by- + name. Cognate with Dutch bijnaam (“nickname”), German Beiname (“nickname, epithet”), Swedish binamn, Danish binavn and Norwegian Bokmål binavn.

noun

  1. (archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname.
  2. (archaic, historical) A nickname.
  3. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A pseudonym; nom-de-plume.
  4. (Germanic paganism) A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry.

verb

  1. (transitive, archaic) To assign a byname to.

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