eldertongue

Old English · noun

fola

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈfo.lɑ/
Syllables
ˈfo · lɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
foalcoltcamelcalfelephant

Meaning

  1. foal, colt

  2. elephant calf

  3. 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.

    Wonders of the East

Declension

Declension of fola
SingularPlural
Nominative folafolan
Accusative folanfolan
Genitive folanfolena
Dative folanfolum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *folō.

Descendants

foal

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