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folgere

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one who walks in the steps of another (lit. or fig.)
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  • Oft cymð sé bæftan ús þe ús mid swyftnysse gódre drohtnunge fore-stæpð; and wé earfoðlíce him filiað tó merigen, sé ðe nú tó dæg is úre folgere geðúht,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 82, 19
    • .
one who succeeds to the office of another, a successor
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  • past gewinn betux Alexandres folgerum

    bella inter successores Alexandri,

    • Ors. 3, II
    • ;
    • 148, 27
    • .
  • Þæt gewinn Alexandres folgera,

    • S. 150, 27
    • .
a follower, adherent,
of a prince
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  • Ná má ne lifde þára þe Alexandres folgeras wǽron

    extinctis Alexandri ducibus,

    • Ors. 3, ii
    • ;
    • S. 152, 15
    • .
of a teacher, example, opinion, &c.
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  • Ðá wróhtgeornan sint tó manigenne dæt hié geðencen hwæs folgeras

    (seguaces)

    hié sindon,

    • Past. 357, 16
    • .
  • Seó sóþe gesǽlþ mæg ǽlcum hire folgera sellan þurhwunigendne welan,

    • Bt. 33, 3
    • ;
    • F. 126, 12
    • .
as a legal term, in contrast with heorþfæst man. [v. Andrews' Old English Manor. s.v.] The word is used of women as well as of men
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  • Gif hwá mid his lotwrencum óðres mannes folgere

    (pedisequam)

    fram him ápǽce for hǽmedþinge,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 186, 22
    • .
Etymology
[
O.H.Ger. folgari sequester, sectator; folgara pedisequa.
]
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