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folc-gesíþas
/folkɣesi:ðas /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Masculine
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folc-gesíþas
. Substitute: folc-gesíþ, es; m. An officer of the nation (in contrast with dryht-gesíþ?) :-- Folcgesíðas þe mé mid sceoldon mearce healdan, Gen. 2134. Þæt ehtode ealdor þeóde wið þám néhstum folcgesíðum : Þæt eówer fela geseah, þeóde míne . . . " Þá cwæð sé þe wæs cyninges rǽswa . . . , Dan. 412. Þeódríc héht folcgesíðas healdan þone hererinc, Met. l, 70.
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folc-gesíþas
; gen. -gesíþa; m. The nobles of a country; păres, nōbĭles, gentis cŏmĭtes, pŏpŭlāres :-- Syndon deáde folcgesíþas the nobles of the country are dead, Cd. 98; Th. 128, 29; Gen. 2134: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 140; Met. l, 70. Wið ðám néhstum folcgesíþum with the nearest rulers of the people, Cd. 193; Th. 241, 29; Dan. 412.
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