See folc in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "folcġerēfa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "folcland"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "folclīċ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "folcmōt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "folcryht"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "folcsæl"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "folcscaru"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "folcstede"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "folk"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: folk, folke, foolk, fok, folck, folc, follc, volk\nEnglish: folk\nScots: fowk",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: folk, folke, foolk, fok, folck, folc, follc, volk\nEnglish: folk\nScots: fowk"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*fulką",
"t": "people"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fulką (“people”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *fulką (“people”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "folc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "folc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "folc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "folc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "folces",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "folca",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "folce",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "folcum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "n",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "folc n",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "folc n",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "folc"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "folc",
"2": "folc",
"3": "folc",
"4": "folc",
"5": "folces",
"6": "folca",
"7": "folce",
"8": "folcum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong a-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.",
"text": "Lēodhatan frēoġaþ hīe selfe, ac hīe ġeþēowiaþ þæt folc.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"the people, especially the common people"
],
"id": "en-folc-ang-noun--i-FH8oZ",
"links": [
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"common",
"common"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "2 34 2 2 41 12 2 2 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The sixth plague was that various swellings and pustules sprung up on the bodies of all of his people.",
"text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nÞæt sixte wīte wæs, þæt mislīċe ḡeswel and blǣdran asprungon on heora līchaman on eallum his folce.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a people, nation, or tribe"
],
"id": "en-folc-ang-noun-2dE3f9ql",
"links": [
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"nation",
"nation"
],
[
"tribe",
"tribe"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"crowd"
],
"id": "en-folc-ang-noun-W0U1vdef",
"links": [
[
"crowd",
"crowd"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "They told the public that their gods were angry at them, so they would sacrifice to them even more than they had before.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans\nHīe sæġdon þām folce þæt heora godu him wǣren ierru, tō þȳ þæt hīe him þā ġīet swīðor blēoten þonne hīe ǣr dydon.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"the public"
],
"id": "en-folc-ang-noun-p5L92G9k",
"links": [
[
"public",
"public"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "8 11 6 15 3 8 3 8 3 3 19 7 3 3 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 8 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 9 5 13 2 7 2 6 2 2 32 6 2 2 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 34 2 2 41 12 2 2 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"people (multiple individuals)"
],
"id": "en-folc-ang-noun-Bcl6f2D4",
"links": [
[
"people",
"people"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in the singular or plural) people (multiple individuals)"
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural",
"singular"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "2 34 2 2 41 12 2 2 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"military, army; troop"
],
"id": "en-folc-ang-noun-ckLAewEs",
"links": [
[
"military",
"military"
],
[
"army",
"army"
],
[
"troop",
"troop"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"popular"
],
"id": "en-folc-ang-noun-LIEP0DSE",
"links": [
[
"popular",
"popular"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in compounds) popular"
],
"tags": [
"in-compounds",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"public, common"
],
"id": "en-folc-ang-noun-ARrAwPwW",
"links": [
[
"public",
"public"
],
[
"common",
"common"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in compounds) public, common"
],
"tags": [
"in-compounds",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"country, rural"
],
"id": "en-folc-ang-noun-lUQWQS39",
"links": [
[
"country",
"country"
],
[
"rural",
"rural"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in compounds) country, rural"
],
"tags": [
"in-compounds",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/folk/"
},
{
"ipa": "[foɫk]"
}
],
"word": "folc"
}
{
"categories": [
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
"Old English neuter nouns",
"Old English nouns",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "folcġerēfa"
},
{
"word": "folcland"
},
{
"word": "folclīċ"
},
{
"word": "folcmōt"
},
{
"word": "folcryht"
},
{
"word": "folcsæl"
},
{
"word": "folcscaru"
},
{
"word": "folcstede"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "folk"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: folk, folke, foolk, fok, folck, folc, follc, volk\nEnglish: folk\nScots: fowk",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: folk, folke, foolk, fok, folck, folc, follc, volk\nEnglish: folk\nScots: fowk"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*fulką",
"t": "people"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fulką (“people”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *fulką (“people”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "folc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "folc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "folc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "folc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "folces",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "folca",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "folce",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "folcum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "n",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "folc n",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "folc n",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "folc"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "folc",
"2": "folc",
"3": "folc",
"4": "folc",
"5": "folces",
"6": "folca",
"7": "folce",
"8": "folcum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong a-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.",
"text": "Lēodhatan frēoġaþ hīe selfe, ac hīe ġeþēowiaþ þæt folc.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"the people, especially the common people"
],
"links": [
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"common",
"common"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The sixth plague was that various swellings and pustules sprung up on the bodies of all of his people.",
"text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nÞæt sixte wīte wæs, þæt mislīċe ḡeswel and blǣdran asprungon on heora līchaman on eallum his folce.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a people, nation, or tribe"
],
"links": [
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"nation",
"nation"
],
[
"tribe",
"tribe"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"crowd"
],
"links": [
[
"crowd",
"crowd"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "They told the public that their gods were angry at them, so they would sacrifice to them even more than they had before.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans\nHīe sæġdon þām folce þæt heora godu him wǣren ierru, tō þȳ þæt hīe him þā ġīet swīðor blēoten þonne hīe ǣr dydon.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"the public"
],
"links": [
[
"public",
"public"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"people (multiple individuals)"
],
"links": [
[
"people",
"people"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in the singular or plural) people (multiple individuals)"
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural",
"singular"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"military, army; troop"
],
"links": [
[
"military",
"military"
],
[
"army",
"army"
],
[
"troop",
"troop"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"popular"
],
"links": [
[
"popular",
"popular"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in compounds) popular"
],
"tags": [
"in-compounds",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"public, common"
],
"links": [
[
"public",
"public"
],
[
"common",
"common"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in compounds) public, common"
],
"tags": [
"in-compounds",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"country, rural"
],
"links": [
[
"country",
"country"
],
[
"rural",
"rural"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in compounds) country, rural"
],
"tags": [
"in-compounds",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/folk/"
},
{
"ipa": "[foɫk]"
}
],
"word": "folc"
}
Download raw JSONL data for folc meaning in Old English (4.8kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.