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§7; §106; §276; §295; §310; §343; §562;
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  • Folc

    populus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 22
      • .
where no dependence is implied,
a people, the inhabitants of a state, a nation:
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  • Folc, cynn æfter cynne,

    • Exod. 350.

  • Þenden þæt folc

    (the Hebrews)

    hiera fæder wǽre healdan woldan,

    • Dan. 10
      • .

  • Hí geridan West-Seaxna land . . . and mycel þæs folces ofer sǽ ádrǽfdon,

    • Chr. 878
      • ;
    • P. 75, 27
      • .

  • Ealles folces weg

    the high-way,

    • C. D. B. i. 586, 15
      • .

  • Þǽm of-þynceþ V hiÉ synd Judéa folces,

    • Bl. H. 175, 20
      • :
    • 187, 14
      • .

  • Folces Sodoma,

    • Gen. 2489
      • .

  • Wǽron réðe forebécna cumene ofer NOrðanhymbra land, and ꝥ folc earmlíce brégdon,

    • Chr. 793
      • ;
    • P. 55, 33
      • .

  • Út on elþeódig folc tó bebycganne,

    • Ll. Th. i. 46, 14
      • .

  • Tó bihaldað gié folco

    (populi),

    • Rtl. 55, 28
      • .

  • Beforan ansýne eallra folca,

    • Lk. a. 31
      • .

  • Folca hróf

    the sky,

    • Gen. 153
      • :
    • 2539
      • .

  • Folca leófost,

    • Exod. 279
      • .

  • On folcum . . . ; geond þeóde

    in populis . . . ; inter gentes,

    • Ps. Th. 56, II
      • .

  • On landa gehwám folcum fracoðe

    • An. 409
      • :
    • GO. 792
      • .

  • On þissum folcum

    (the peoples of Sodom and Gomorrah),

    • Gen. 2499.

  • Sodoma and Gomorra fýre gesyllan, and þás folc sleán, cynn on ceastrum,

    • 2506.

  • Hé slóh þeóde folc manige

    percussit gentes multas,

    • Ps. Th. 134, 10.
the people bearing arms, an army:
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  • Þeáh þe feónda folc féran cwóme herega gerǽdum,

    • Dan. 698
      • .

  • On þǽm gefeohte . . . an Persum Darius hæfde siex hund M folces

    sexcenta millia Persarum in acie fuere,

    • Ors. 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 124, 18
      • .

  • Geslagen on folces gefeohte,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 386, 16
      • :
    • 150, 32
      • .

  • Ne getrúwade Geoweorþa his ágnum folce

    diffidens propriis rebus et viribus Iugurtha,

    • Ors. 5, 7
      • ;
    • S. 230, 7
      • .

  • Bið se here ídel, ðonne hé on óðer folc winnan sceal

    in exploratione hostium frustra exercitus sequitur,

    • Past. 129, 9
      • .

  • Hé ús on þæt fýr fylde folca mǽste,

    • Gen. 749
      • .

  • Wurdon þá Gallie Rómánum wiðerwearde . . and raþe þæs heora folc tógædere gelǽddon

    (varia forte bellatum est,)

    • Ors. 4, 7
      • ;
    • S. 180, 25
      • .
a race, tribe, sect
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  • Hé geseah ðæt folc Phariséo and Saducia his éhtan,

    • Past. 361, 25
      • .
where subordination or inferiority is implied,
a body of people in relation to a ruler,
a human ruler
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  • From ðǽm folces (folches, R. ) aldormenn

    ab archesynagogo,

    • Mk. L. 5, 35
      • .

  • Folces rǽswan,

    • Gen. 1669
      • .

  • Folces weard,

    • 2666
      • :
    • An. 1070
      • :
    • El. 157
      • .

  • Worldwitan woroldlaga settan folce tó steóre,

    • Ll. Th. i. 348, 14
      • .

  • Þá Dænescan þe wæs geteald eallra folca getreówast . . . Cnute cynge ádas swóron, and syððan hine ofslógon,

    • Chr. 1086
      • ;
    • P. 221, 29
      • .
a divine ruler,
with a general application
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  • Wé þec bletsiað, Freá folca gehwæs,

    • Dan. 401.
used of the Israelites:
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  • Tó þínes folces wuldre Israhel

    ad gloriam plebis tuae Israel,

    • Lk. 2, 32
      • .

  • Metodes folce,

    • Exod. 102.

  • Forlǽt mín folc þæt hit mæg offrian mé,

    • Ex. 5, l
      • .
used of Christians
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  • Gif se biscop ne geþafaþ ꝥ Godes folc heora líf on wóh lybban . . . Gode is his folc swýþe leóf,

    • Bl. H. 45, 19, 35
      • :
    • 47, 21
      • .

  • Hé monige Crístes folces démde tó deáðe,

    • El. 499
      • .
used of those in heaven
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  • Is dreám on heofonum, þǽr is Dryhtnes folc geseted tó symle,

    • Kr. 140
      • .
lay-folk, the laity in contrast with the clergy, (v. also folcisc)
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  • Ne sceolan þá láreówas ágímeleásian þá láre, ne ꝥ folc ne sceal forhycggan ꝥ hí tó him hí geeáþmédon,

    • Bl. H. 47, 29
      • .

  • Óþer wundor ꝥ folc ongeat, óþer þá sácerdas oncneówon , . . þá folcu cómon mid mycelre mænigeo, and wé wǽron . . . singende herenesse Gode . . . þá þræng seó mænigeo þæs folces

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    • Gr. D. 235, 15-26.

  • Ne gedafenað biscope þæt hé beó on dǽdum folces mannum gelíc,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 134, 12
      • .

  • Gif hit folces man sig . . . gif hit mynsterman sig

    si secularis homo sit . . . si monaslicus sit (cf. 42, 5, 7 where saecularis and laicus are in contrast with clericus),

    • Ll. Th. ii. 166, 9
      • .

  • Gif folces mannes esne tihte cirican mannes esne,

    • i. 42, 10, ii
      • .

  • Ǽlc hád ciricean ánmódlíce mid þý hérsuman folcy,

    • 36, ii.
    • Folce, 374, 28.

  • Gif preóst folce miswissige,

    • ii. 292, ll.
the people, followers, attendants of a person
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  • Ne ceara þú, Maria þ þín folc ne sý ádréfed,

    • Bl. H. 143, 4
      • .
the general body of a population, the people, the common people
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  • Eall folc

    (omnisplebis)

    Gode lof sealde,

    • Lk. 18, 43
      • .

  • Þá þ folc

    (uulgus)

    hine geseah,

    • Bd. 2, 13
      • ;
    • Sch. 168, 21
      • .

  • Þæt Iudisce folc,

    • Bl. H. 69, 20
      • .

  • Beforan þæs folces mengeo,

    • 173, 13
      • .

  • Ne wend þú þg nó on þæs folces unrǽd

    non plurimorum acquiesces sententiae,

    • Ll. Th. i. 54, 6
      • .

  • Eádsige foran eallum folce hine well lǽrde,

    • Chr. 1042
      • ;
    • P. 163, 20
      • .

  • Onféng Eádwine cyning mid eallum þám æþelingum his þeóde and mid micle folce

    (plebe)

    Crístes geleáfan,

    • Bd. 2, 14
      • ;
    • Sch. 170, I
      • .

  • Hé ádréd him ꝥ folc

    (populum).

    • Mt. 14, 5
      • .

  • Ðá lǽrdon þǽra sácerda ealdras and þá hláfordas þæt folc (þǽm folce, R. . dǽm folcum, L.

    populis),

    • 27, 20
      • .
country-folk,
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v. folc-stów
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  • Be ciépemonna fóre uppe on londe. Gif ciépemon uppe on folce ceápie,

    • Ll. Th. i. 118, 12
      • .
in an indefinite sense.
folk, men, people; also in pl. folks
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  • Swá micel folc . . . forwurdon, þæt wæs nigon x hund þúsenda,

    • Ors. 2, 5
      • ;
    • S. 84, 28
      • .

  • Súð-Mercna ríce, þá syndon fíf þúsendo folces

    regnum Australium Merciorum, qui sunt familiarum quinqtie milium,

    • Bd. 3, 24
      • ;
    • Sch. 314, 5
      • .

  • Hé áhlód of feónda byrig folces unrím,

    • Cri. 569
      • .

  • Ealles folces Fréfreud, and ealles middangeardes Hǽlend, and ealra gásta Nergend,

    • Bl. H. 105, 17
      • :
    • Sal. 80
      • .

  • Folkes Scippend,

    • Hy. 2, l.

  • Forebeácen folce manegum

    prodigium multis,

    • Ps. Th. 70, 6
      • .

  • Hé þǽr gemétte swíþe manig folc,

    • Bl. H. 141, 32
      • .

  • Folca bearn (cf. niðða bearn, 1135), . . . burgsittende.

    • Gen. 1087.

  • Folca rǽswa, Caldéa cyning,

    • Dan. 667
      • .

  • Folca gehwylcum (cf. monna gehwám,

    • Jul. 729
      • )

    Scyppend scrífeð,

    • Cri. 1219.

  • Eorlum cúð, . . . rícum and heánum folcum gefrǽge,

    • Ru. 89, 3
      • :
    • Men. 179
      • :
    • 218
      • .
a crowd, company, troop
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  • Cóm him tó micel folc manna.

    • Hml. S. 31, 1012.

  • Menigo cwóm, folc unlytel,

    • El. 872
      • .

  • Forlétre ðæt folc (mengu, R.)

    dimissa turba,

    • Mt. 15, 39
      • .

  • His englas . . . ealra folca mǽst, wereda wynsumast,

    • Gen. 607.
a military troop, body of soldiers:
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  • Æfter him folca þrýðum sunu Simeones sweótum cómon; þúfas wundon ofer gárfare,

    • Exod. 340
      • .

  • Féran foldwege folca þreáte, tó ludéum sécan wigena þreáte.

    • El. 215
      • :
    • 27
      • .

  • Faraon mid his folcum,

    • Exod. 501
      • .

  • Hé þá folc gelǽdde þǽr hié tógædere gecweden hæfde, and gesette twá folc diégeliíce on twá healfa his, and þridde beæftan him; and bebeád þǽm twám folcum . . . ꝥ hié on Reguluses fird . . . on fóre,

    • Ors. 4, 6
      • ;
    • S. 174, 30-176, 3
      • .
(a particular class of) people, the class determined by a word or phrase, (such and such) folk; in pl. folks:
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  • Eal ꝥ folc (cf. seó menigo, 9) ꝥ þǽr beforan férde,

    • Bl. H. 71, 7.

  • Hí genáman þæs folces þe þǽr tó láfe wæs. . . Ealles þæs folces þe se cásere innon Ierusalem beférde,

    • 79, 20, 24.

  • Hé ne wæs of þearfendum folce

    non erat de paupere vulgo,

    • Bd. 4, 22
      • ;
    • Sch. 458, 17
      • .

  • Ne filig þú þám folce þe yfel wylle dón,

    • Ex. 23, i.

  • For eal crísten folc,

    • Bl. H. 45, 32.

  • Þ geleáffulle folc ludéa,

    • 79, 30.

  • Þá clǽnan folc

    the righteous,

    • Cri. 1223.

  • Þ se cyning and se bisceop sceoldan beón crístenra folca hyrdas, and hÍ from eallum unríhtwísum áhweorfan; and gif mon ne mihte . . . , þonne sceal ǽghwylc man bétan his wóhdǽda be his gyltes andefne,

    • Bl. H. 45, 25.

  • Israhela folca rÍce

    the kingdom of the men (or tribes?) of Israel,

    • 117, 12.

  • Þ wé ealle Gode lícian, swá hit eallum geleáffullum folcum beboden standeþ, næs ná þám ánum þe Gode sylfum underþeódde syndon mid myclum hádum,

    • 109, 21.
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v. Angel-, ceorl-, eást-; norþ-, síd-, unrím-folc.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “folc.” 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/45332.

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