foulc

Old French

Alternative forms

• folc, fouc, fulc, fouk

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *fulc, *folc (“people, crowd, multitude, troop”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *fulką (“people collectively, multitude; host of warriors”), perhaps from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *pelə- (“to fill”). Cognate with Old High German folc (“people, nation”). More at folk, full.

Noun

foulc oblique singular, m (oblique plural fouls, nominative singular fouls, nominative plural foulc)

1. flock, herd
2. (collectively) people
3. multitude, crowd
4. (military) troop, host

Descendants

• Middle French: foule
  • French: foule
• Norman: foule (Jersey)
• Picard: foûle, foule
• Walloon: flouhe