folcland

Old English

Alternative forms

folclond

Etymology

From folc +‎ land.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfolkˌlɑnd/, [ˈfoɫkˌlɑnd]

Noun

folcland n (nominative plural folcland)

land of the folk or people; land of the community

Descendants

English: folkland

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “folcland”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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