folcstede

Old English

Etymology

From folc +‎ stede.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfolkˌste.de/, [ˈfoɫkˌste.de]

Noun

folcstede m (nominative plural folcstedas)

1. (poetic) public place, meeting-place
2. (poetic) battle-place, battle-field
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5‎^[1]:

     Nǣfre lǣċecynn on folcstede findan meahte, þāra þe mid wyrtum wunde ġehǣlde,…

     I could never find physicians on a battlefield, who would heal a wound with herbs,…

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	folcstede	folcstedas
accusative	folcstede	folcstedas
genitive	folcstedes	folcsteda
dative	folcstede	folcstedum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “folcstede”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “folcstede”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[3], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.