gefylce

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġefilċ, ġefilċe, ġefylċ

Etymology

From ġe- + *fylċe, from Proto-West Germanic *fulkī, from Proto-Germanic *fulkiją (“collection of people; band; company; troop"”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈfyl.t͡ʃe/, [jeˈfyɫ.t͡ʃe]

Noun

ġefylċe n

1. A collection of people, army, troop, division

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġefylċe	ġefylċu
accusative	ġefylċe	ġefylċu
genitive	ġefylċes	ġefylċa
dative	ġefylċe	ġefylċum

Related terms

• fylċian
• ġefylċea

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-fylce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-fylce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.