Old English · noun
frocga
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈfroɡ.ɡɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈfroɡ · ɡɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- frog
Meaning
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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
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *froggō.
Descendants
frog
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