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o
lc
N (neut)
The FOLK, people, common people, multitude, a people, tribe, family
Source:
Ringe 2014
:28,
https://bosworthtoller.com/11073
originates from: PNWGmc
*fulką
'troop, tribe' (fulką
>
folką
>
folk) through pnwgmc-to-oe
(source:
Ringe 2014
:28)
Component of compounds
folcstede
'public place'
in
Exeter Book Riddle 5
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