Frum-cenned
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - frum-cenned
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- frum-cenned
- Dele last passage, and add: I. first-born:--Næs þæt cild for ðí gecweden hire frumcennede cild swilce heó óðer ácende, ac for ðí þe Críst is frumcenned of manegum gástlicum gebróðrum, Hml. Th. i. 34, 24. Sunu hire frumcende (þone frumkendu, R.) filium suum primogenitum, Mt. L. 1, 25. Frumcende (-cennedne, R.), Lk. L. 2, 7. II. primitive:--Þá frumcennedan primitiva, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 72.