Old English · noun
fola
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈfo.lɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈfo · lɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- foalcoltcamelcalfelephant
Meaning
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foal, colt
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elephant calf
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camel calf
Ðā menn ðe tō ðām dyrstiġe beoð þæt hī þæt gold nimen, þonne lǣdað hī mid him olfenda myran mid hyra folan ⁊ stēdan. Þā folan hī getīġað ǣr hī ofer þā ēa faran. Þæt gold hī gefǣtað on ðā myran ⁊ his sylfe onsittað ⁊ þā stēdan þǣr forlǣtað.
Those who are bold enough to take the gold bring with them male camels and female camels with their calves. They tie up the calves before they cross over the river. They load the gold on the mares, and sit on them themselves, and leave the males there.
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Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *folō.
Descendants
foal
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