ppl. a. Obs. [OE. frumcęnned, f. frum-a first + cęnned, pa. pple. of cęnnan to bear.] First-born.
c. 893. K. Ælfred, Oros., I. vii. § 1. Ealle ða cnihtas and ealle ða mædena þe on þæm lande frumcennede wæron.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. i. 1. Heo cende hyre frum-cennedan [c. 1160 Hatton, kennede] sunu.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 87. Godes engel … acwalde on elche huse … frumkenede childe.
