folc-cwide
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A popular saying Swá eald folccwide cwyð ut unlgo diciiur, Nap. 23
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folc-dryht
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Þonne sió býman stefen and se beorhta segen . . . folcdryht wera biforan bonnað, sáwla gehwylce when the voice of the trumpet and the bright banner . . . summon to the presence the multitude of men, every soul, Cri. 1067. For first passage substitute
folc-egsa
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Terror felt by a people or that which causes terror in a people. For 'Folk-terror' substitute:
folc-fríg
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having the rights of a freeman. After 'Folk-free' add:
folc-geréfa
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Folcgeroebum actionaris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 38. Folcgeréfum aclionariis (printed ac dignariis), 4, 22. Add:
folc-gesíþas
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An officer of the nation (in contrast with dryht-gesíþ?) Folcgesíðas þe mé mid sceoldon mearce healdan, Gen. 2134. Þæt ehtode ealdor þeóde wið þám néhstum folcgesíðum: Þæt eówer fela geseah, þeóde míne . . . " Þá cwæð sé þe wæs cyninges rǽswa . . . Dan
folc-herpaþ
highway
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The public road, highway On ðone folc-hearpað; ondlang ðæs hearpaðes, C. D. iii. 393, 14: 463, 17
folc-land
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Gif se cyning mínum suna geunnan wille ðes folc-londes tó ðǽm bóclonde, ðonne habbe and brúce, C. D. ii. 120, 35. Cyninges folcland, 65, I. Add
folc-leásung
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uttering false and slanderous statements such as are prejudicial to the public welfare. Slander, as affecting an individual, which entailed the same penalty as that for folk-leásung, is treated in the following Sé þe óðerne mid wóge forsecgan wille,
folc-mǽgþ
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Steápe stánbyrig . . . folcmǽgða byht, Gen. 2213. Add
folc-mǽre
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folc-rǽden
people
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people (?) Folcrǽdenne (gen. sing, or n.pl. ?) sive ealles folces gesetnes lex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 79. Add:
folc-riht
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Ne lǽte hé nǽfre his hýrmen hyne ofer wealdan (oferwealdan ?), ac wilde (wille,MS.) hé ǽlcne mid hláfordes creafte and mid folcrihte, Angl. ix. 260, 29. [Þæt hé] wiþ heora folcrihte feala worhte (cf. hunc inuenimus subuertentem gentem nostram . . . commouet
folc-sóþ
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the plain truth (?) Ic secge hér beforan eów eallum folcsóð I say here before you all the plain and simple truth, Hml, S. 23, 666
Linked entry: sóþ
folc-stede
a battle-place ⬩ battle-field
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a battle-place, battle-field (v. folc; I. la); Æðelst. 41: Jud. 320: Ru. 6, ii: B. 1463: Gen. 2000. Add:
folc-stów
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folc-wélig
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Þǽre folcwelegan populose, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 25. and add
fore-wís
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Þá áforhtode uncer mód, for þan hit bið ǽlces yfeles forewís, Hml. A. 206, 363. For Cot. 149 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 79, and add
fore-witol
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Se forewitola Scyppend wiste on ǽr hwæt hé of hyre gedón habban wolde, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 26. Add
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