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of people.
a company
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  • Hé sóhte his gelícan, ac hé ne mihte hine findan on ðám flocce

    he looked for his match, but could not find him in that company,

    • Ap. Th. 12, 25
      • .

  • Hé geseah Críst standan and þone clǽnan flocc mid him, hundteóntig þúsenda and feówer and feówertig þúsenda,

    • Hml. A. 18, 115
      • .
a troop of soldiers, band, legion
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  • Cwæð se lǽwa tó ðám láðum flocce

    (cf.cohors,

    • Jn. 18, 3
      • ),
    • Hml. Th. ii. 246, II.

  • Hé mid þám óðrum flocce férde mid wíge.

    • Jos. 8, 10
      • .

  • Swá fela manna (6666) wǽron on þám eórode . . . On þám flocce wǽron þá fyrmestan menn . . . ,

    • Hml. S. 28, 17
      • .
a band of robbers
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  • Sceaðan áflígdon ðá lícmenn, ꝥ hí urnon áweg swá hraðe swá hí besáwon on ðone réþan floc.

    • Hml. S. 18, 306.
of animals,
a flock, herd
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  • Geseah hé micelne floc heorta . . . án ormǽte heort . . . gewende fram þám flocce and rǽsde intó þám wudu,

    • Hml. S. 30, 26-31
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “flocc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/45259.

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