frumcenned
Old English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfrum.ken.ned/
Adjective
frumcenned
- firstborn
- (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.
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
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.