n. I. original kind, lineage, descent, origin; prosāpia, ŏrīgo :-- Ða ðe mǽgburge mǽst gefrunon, frumcyn feora those who most understood kinship, the lineage of men, Cd. 161; Th. 200, 23; Exod. 361. Ic eówer sceal frumcyn witan I must know your origin, Beo. Th. 509; B. 252. II. a race, tribe; gĕnus, gens :-- Ðæt he ahredde frumcyn fira that he saved the race of men,Exon. 8 a; Th. 3. 12; Cri. 35: Cd. 190; Th. 236, 6; Dan. 317. He slóh frumcynnes heora freán he slew the princes of their race, Ps. Th. 104, 31. He geceás Iudan him geswǽs frumcynn elēgit trĭbum Jūda, 77, 67. frum-cyn