ceorlfolc

Old English

noun
Definitions
  • the common people
  • the public

Etymology

Compound from Old English ċeorl (peasant, a hero, male person, a man of inferior class, commoner, husbandman, a churl, a countryman, man, a freeman of the lowest class, layman, husband, rustic) + Old English folc (troop, common people, crowd, army, nation, people, band, multitude).

Origin

Old English

folc

Gloss

troop, common people, crowd, army, nation, people, band, multitude

Concept
Semantic Field

Quantity

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

民

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