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frocga

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *froggō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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frocga m

  1. frog
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      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...
    Synonym: frosc

Declension

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Weak:

singular plural
nominative frocga frocgan
accusative frocgan frocgan
genitive frocgan frocgena
dative frocgan frocgum

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