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fólk

nafnorðhvorugkyn
, folk with a short vowel, fylki; [ folc; folk; volk: and folk]:—folk, people: skjótt fjölgaðisk fólkit, 88:—people indefinitely, til at hræða fólk, to frighten folk, i. 764: curiously say, kvenn-fólk (as in ). woman-folk; but karl-fólk never, only karl-menn.
2. in chiefly the people of a household, community, or the like; kirkju-fólk, the church-folk, people assembled in church; boðs-fólk, the guests at a banquet; sóknar-fólk, the parish folk; heimilis-fólk, house-folk, the people of a household; allt fólkið á bænum, all the folk; vinnu-fólk, servant-folk; grasa-fólk, people gathering fell-moss; meðal annars fólksins, 66, ; Njáll gékk inn ok mælti víð fólkit, 200; mik ok fólk mitt skortir aldri mat, 13; hott, hott og hæt hér sé Guð í bæ, sælt fólkið allt, ; fæddi varla búféit fólkit, Ísl. ii. 68; var eigi fólk upp staðit, 20; this sense is to the present day very common in ; while the sense of people, nation ( folket) is strange to ; even lands-fólk is rare, better lands-menn.3. kinsfolk; hans fólk ok foreldismenn, his ‘folk’ and forefathers, 139; allt yðart , 328: so say, vera af góðu fólki kominn, to come of good folk, be well born.II. a host = fylking, and hence battle, but only in old poets, 108; fjórtán fólk, fourteen divisions, troops, 1. 49; ok í fólk um skaut, 28; ef ek sék flein í fólki vaða, 151; þótt í fólk komi, 159; í fólk, in battle, Ýt. 10; fara með fólkum, to wage war, 48; öndvert fólk, the van of the host, i. 46 (in a verse); and in many compds: a valiant man ii called fólk-bráðr, -djarfr, -eflandi, -glaðr, -harðr, -prúðr, -rakkr, -reifr, -skár, -snarr, -sterkr, -þorinn, : weapons, folk-hamla, -naðra, -skíð, -svell, -vápn, -vöndr: armour, fólk-tjald, -veggr: a warrior, fólk-baldr, -mýgir, -nárungar, -rögnir, -stjóri, -stuðill, -stýrir, -valdr, -vörðr: the battle, fólk-roð, -víg, 28: in prose rarely, and only in phrases, fólk-bardagi, a, a great battle, battle of hosts; and fólk-orrusta, id., Flov. 40, 94; fólk-land, = fylki, i. 209, paraphrase from the Vellekla; fólk-vápn, (vide above), weapons, i. 101: , iii. 167.
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  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • prop.proper, properly.
  • cp.compare.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Engl.English.
  • Germ.German.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • i. e.id est.
  • v. l.varia lectio.
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
  • etc.et cetera.
  • poët.poetically.
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
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