frumcenned

Old English

Etymology

fruma +‎ cenned

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrum.ken.ned/

Adjective

frumcenned

1. firstborn
2. (grammar) primitive, not derived or declined
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice

     Wē habbaþ nū declīnod þā eahta frumcennedan pronomia.

     We have now declined the eight primitive pronouns.

Declension

Declension of frumcenned — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	frumcenned	frumcennedu, frumcennedo	frumcenned
Accusative	frumcennedne	frumcennede	frumcenned
Genitive	frumcennedes	frumcennedre	frumcennedes
Dative	frumcennedum	frumcennedre	frumcennedum
Instrumental	frumcennede	frumcennedre	frumcennede
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	frumcennede	frumcenneda, frumcennede	frumcennedu, frumcennedo
Accusative	frumcennede	frumcenneda, frumcennede	frumcennedu, frumcennedo
Genitive	frumcennedra	frumcennedra	frumcennedra
Dative	frumcennedum	frumcennedum	frumcennedum
Instrumental	frumcennedum	frumcennedum	frumcennedum

Declension of frumcenned — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	frumcenneda	frumcennede	frumcennede
Accusative	frumcennedan	frumcennedan	frumcennede
Genitive	frumcennedan	frumcennedan	frumcennedan
Dative	frumcennedan	frumcennedan	frumcennedan
Instrumental	frumcennedan	frumcennedan	frumcennedan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	frumcennedan	frumcennedan	frumcennedan
Accusative	frumcennedan	frumcennedan	frumcennedan
Genitive	frumcennedra, frumcennedena	frumcennedra, frumcennedena	frumcennedra, frumcennedena
Dative	frumcennedum	frumcennedum	frumcennedum
Instrumental	frumcennedum	frumcennedum	frumcennedum

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “frum-cenned”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.