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folgere

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
folgere, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§602;
aFOLLOWER, attendant, disciple; assecla, pĕdĭsĕquus, assectātor
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  • Folgere

    assecla,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 113
      • ;
    • Som. 79, 131
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 60, 35.

  • Hwæt wille we sprecan be ðam cyninge, and be his folgerum

    what shall we say about the king, and about his followers?

    • Bt. 29, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 104, 10.

  • Ðý þriddan dæge þeóda Wealdend arás, and he feówertig daga folgeras síne rúnum arétte

    on the third day the Ruler of nations arose, and for forty days he comforted his followers [ = disciples] with words,

    • Hy. 10, 35
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 35.
one of a class of freemen who has no dwelling of his own, but is the follower or retainer of another, for whom he performs certain agricultural services; folgārius, ūnus ex lībĕrōrum ordĭne qui ălĭcūjus clientēlæ
vel servĭtio sese addīcit, fămŭlus qui fŏco proprio căret, aut sub stīpendio et servĭtii ălĭcūjus præstátiōne possĭdet
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  • Folgere gebýreþ, ðæt he on twelf mónþum ii æceras geearnige, óðerne gesáwene and óðerne unsáwene; sǽdige sylf ðæne, and his mete, and scóung, and glófung him gebýreþ: gyf he máre geearnian mæg [MS. mæig], him biþ sylfum fremu

    folgārio compĕtit, ut in duodĕcim mensibus duas acras hăbeat, ūnam sēmĭnātam, ăliam non; sed īdem sēmĭnet eam, et victum suum, et calciamenta dēbet hăbēre, et cīrotēcas [ = chīrothēcas]: si plus deservit, ipsi commŏdum ĕrit,

    • L. R. S. 10
      • ;
    • Th. i. 438, 4-7: L. C. S. 20
      • ;
    • Th. i. 386, 23.
Derived forms
æfter-folgere
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “folgere.” 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/11151.

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  • folgere, n.

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