Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
fruma (“beginning”) + [Term?] + cynn
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈfrumˌkynn/, [ˈfrumˌkyn]
frumcynn n (nominative plural frumcynn)
- (poetic) original kind; lineage; descent; origin; genealogy
- Beowulf
Nū iċ ēower sċeal / frumcyn witan ǣr ġē fyr heonan (...)- Now I must your lineage learn, ere you far hence (...)