folc
Etymology & Origins
From Proto-Germanic *fulką (“people”).
Definitions
- 1.
the people, especially the common people
Lēodhatan frēoġaþ hīe selfe, ac hīe ġeþēowiaþ þæt folc.
Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.
- 2.
a people, nation, or tribe
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Þæt sixte wīte wæs, þæt mislīċe ḡeswel and blǣdran asprungon on heora līchaman on eallum his folce.
The sixth plague was that various swellings and pustules sprung up on the bodies of all of his people.
- 3.
crowd
- 4.
the public
late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans Hīe sæġdon þām folce þæt heora godu him wǣren ierru, tō þȳ þæt hīe him þā ġīet swīðor blēoten þonne hīe ǣr dydon.
They told the public that their gods were angry at them, so they would sacrifice to them even more than they had before.
- 5.
people (multiple individuals)
- 6.
military, army; troop
- 7.
popular
- 8.
public, common
- 9.
country, rural
Inflection Table
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom | folc | folc |
| Acc | folc | folc |
| Gen | folces | folca |
| Dat | folce | folcum |
| Inst | — | — |
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