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Old English · noun

frocga

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈfroɡ.ɡɑ/
Syllables
ˈfroɡ · ɡɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
frog

Meaning

  1. frog

    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...

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension

Declension of frocga
SingularPlural
Nominative frocgafrocgan
Accusative frocganfrocgan
Genitive frocganfrocgena
Dative frocganfrocgum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *froggō.

Descendants

frog

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