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folc-mægen

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The forces of a people, a people, tribe
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  • Folcmægen fór æfter óðrum

    tribe followed tribe (of the twelve tribes passing through the Red Sea),

    • Exod. 347.
  • Hǽðne þeóde . . . efnedon unrihtdóm, swá hyra aldor dyde . . . fremde folcmægen

    (the people of Babylon),

    swá hyra freá ǽrest unrǽd efnde,

    • Dan. 185
    • .
  • Gewát him Andreas inn on ceastre gangan tó þæs þe hé gramragemðt, fára folcmægen

    (the Mermedonians),

    gefrægen hæfde,

    • An. 1062
    • .
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