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
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