frocga

Old English

Alternative forms

• frogga, froga

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *froggō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfroɡ.ɡɑ/

Noun

frocga m

1. frog
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Moyses, ðurh Godes mihte, āwende eal heora wæter tō rēadum blōde, and hē āfylde eal heora land mid froggon, and siððan mid gnættum, eft mid hundes lūsum, ðā flugon into heora mūðe and heora næsðyrlum; and sē Ælmihtiġa ðone mōdiġan cyning mid þām eaðelicum ġesċeaftum swā gėswencte...

     Moses, through the power of God, turned all their water into red blood, and filled all of their land with frogs, and then with gnats, and afterwards with dogflies, which flew into their mouths and their nostrils; the Almighty punished their proud king in that way with every kind of creature...

   Synonym: frosc

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	frocga	frocgan
accusative	frocgan	frocgan
genitive	frocgan	frocgena
dative	frocgan	frocgum

Derived terms

• wæterfrocga

Descendants

• Middle English: frogge, vrogge, frugge
  • English: frog, frock (dialectal), frosk (dialectal), frosh (dialectal) (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: frog, froig
  • → Welsh: broga