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frum-cenned

  • noun
  • verb
  • adjective
  • participle
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Grammar
frum-cenned, -cend; def. se -cenneda; part.
first-begotten, firstborn; primogĕnĭtus
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  • Ðæt wæs se frumcenneda

    that was the firstborn,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 194, 9.

  • He ofslóh ǽlc þing frumcendes on lande

    percussit omne primogĕnĭtum in terra,

    • Ps. Lamb. 77, 51: 104, 36.

  • Ic frumcendne gesette hine

    ego primogĕnĭtum pōnam illum,

    • 88, 28.

  • He ofslóh ǽlc frumcenned cyld

    percussit omne primogĕnĭtum,

    • Ps. Spl. 77, 56.

  • Óþ-ðæt heó cende hyre frumcennedan sunu

    dŏnec pĕpĕrit fīlium suum primogĕnĭtum,

    • Mt. Bos. 1. 25: Lk. Bos. 2, 7.

  • Ðe on ðæm lande frumcennede wǽron

    who were firstborn in the land,

    • Ors. 1, 7
      • ;
    • Bos. 30, 5.

  • He ætbræd me míne frumcennedan

    primogĕnĭta mea tŭlit,

    • Gen. 27, 36.

  • Frumcendo

    primitiæ,

    • Rtl. 2, 27.
in grammar,
primitive; primĭtīvus
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  • Sume naman sind primĭtīva, ðæt sind frumcennede oððe fyrmyste

    some noums are primĭtīva,which are primitive or original,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 5
      • ;
    • Som. 4, 7.

  • Hí synd sume primĭtīva, ðæt synd frumcennede

    some of them [pronouns] are primĭtīva, that is primitive,

    • 15
      • ;
    • Som. 17, 32, 33.

  • Frumcynned

    primitivus,

    • Hpt. Gl. 448.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “frum-cenned.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/12531.

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  • frum-cenned, n.; v.; adj.; part.

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