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folc-stede

  • noun [ masculine ]
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folc-stede, -slyde, es; m.
Folk or dwelling-place; pŏpŭli lŏcus, habĭtācŭlum
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  • Folcstede gumena

    the dwelling-place of men,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 40
      • ;
    • An. 20.

  • On folcstede

    in the folk-place,

    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • Erl. 114, 7
      • ;
    • Ǽðelst. 41: Exon. 102b
      • ;
    • Th. 388, 21
      • ;
    • Rä. 6, 11.

  • On ðam folcstede

    in the folk-place,

    • Judth. 12
      • ;
    • Thw. 26, 10
      • ;
    • Jud. 320: Andr. Kmbl. 357
      • ;
    • An. 179.

  • Ic gehét ðé folcstede

    I promised thee a dwelling-place,

    • Cd. 100
      • ;
    • Th. 132, 31
      • ;
    • Gen. 2201.

  • Folcstede frætwian

    to decorate the dwelling-place,

    • Beo. Th. 152
      • ;
    • B. 76.

  • Se ðe gegán dorste folcstede fára

    he who durst go into the folk-place of the hostile,

    • Beo. Th. 2930
      • ;
    • B. 1463.

  • Ðǽr folcstede fægre wǽron

    where the dwelling-places were fair,

    • Cd. 91
      • ;
    • Th. 116, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 1933.

  • Fram ðam folcstyde

    from the folk-place,

    • Cd. 93
      • ;
    • Th. 120, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 2000.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “folc-stede.” 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/11126.

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