Foulk

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian folk, from Proto-West Germanic *folk. Cognates include West Frisian folk and German Volk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foːu̯lk/
• Hyphenation: Foulk
• Rhymes: -oːu̯lk

Noun

Foulk n (plural Foulkere)

1. people, folk
   • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:21:

     Ju skäl n Súun bere; him skääst du dän Nome Jesus reke; dan hie skäl sien Foulk fon sien Sänden ferleze.

     She will bear a son; you shall give him the name Jesus; then he shall set his people free from its sins.

2. crowd, masses

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Foulk”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN