, _troop, band of warriors; folk_, in the sense of the whole
body of the
fighting
men of a nation: acc.
Beowulf
gang þā
æfter flōre, _along the floor_ (i.e. along the hall), 1317.
flyht, fliht, st. m., _flight_: nom. sg. gāres fliht, _flight of the
spear_, 1766.
ge-flȳman, w. v., _to put to flight_: pret. part. geflȳmed, 847, 1371.
folc, st. n.
, _troop, band of warriors; folk_, in the sense of the whole
body of the
fighting
men of a nation: acc.
sg. folc, 522, 694, 912; Sūðdene
folc, 464; folc and rīce, 1180; dat. sg. folce, 14, 2596; folce Deninga,
465; as instr. folce gestepte ofer sǣ sīde, _went with a band of warriors
over the wide sea_, 2394; gen. sg. folces, 1125; folces Denigea, 1583.--The
king is called folces hyrde, 611, 1833, 2645, 2982; frēawine folces, 2358;
or folces weard, 2514. The queen, folces cwēn, 1933.--The pl., in the sense
of _warriors, fighting men_: nom. pl. folc, 1423, 2949; dat. pl. folcum,
55, 262, 1856; gen.