byname

== English == === Alternative forms === by-name === Etymology === From by- +‎ name. Cognate with Dutch bijnaam (“nickname”), German Beiname (“nickname, epithet”), Swedish binamn, Danish binavn and Norwegian Bokmål binavn. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪˌneɪm/ === Noun === byname (plural bynames) (archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname. (archaic, historical) A nickname. (UK dialectal, Scotland) A pseudonym; nom-de-plume. (Germanic paganism) A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry. ==== Synonyms ==== cognomen sobriquet to-name ==== Hypernyms ==== name ==== Translations ==== === Verb === byname (third-person singular simple present bynames, present participle bynaming, simple past and past participle bynamed) (transitive, archaic) To assign a byname to. === References === “byname”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. === Anagrams === baymen