def. se -cenneda; part. I. first-begotten, firstborn; primogĕnĭtus :-- 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. II. in grammar, primitive; primĭtīvus :-- 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. frum-cenned