fulc

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Frankish *flokk, from Proto-Germanic *flukkaz (“flock, group, multitude”). More at English flock.

Noun

fulc oblique singular, m (oblique plural fuls, nominative singular fuls, nominative plural fulc)

  1. flock (guided herd of animals)
    Paiens sunt morz a millers e a fuls (The Song of Roland, circa 1150, line 1439)
    The peasants died, by the thousands and in flocks.

Descendants

  • Middle French: fulc, folc, fouc (merged with descendant of Old French foulc (“people”))
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