ppl. a.
1. Called by an appropriate or suitable name.
1445. trans. Claudian, in Anglia, XXVIII. 269. This damysel corrupcion is right wele namyd.
1861. L. Campbell, Theætetus, p. vii. ‘It was written’ (so the last page informs us) ‘by the hand of John,’ (well-named) ‘Calligraphus.’
1879. Symonds, Shelley, v. 129. This poem [Prometheus Unbound], they cried, is well named, for who would bind it?
† 2. Having a good name or reputation. Obs.
1390. [see NAME v.1 2 b].
c. 1450. Knt. de la Tour, ix. 12. A good woman, wel named and charitable.
1460. Paston Lett., I. 535. I comonyd late with a worschipful and a wele namyd, a good thrifty man of this cuntre.
a. 1533. [see NAME v.1 2 b].
