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Frum-cenned

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1 frum-cenned

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
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ᚠᚱᚢᛗ-ᚳᛖᚾᚾᛖᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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