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Definition of 'fyrd'Noun
( en-noun)
In early Anglo-Saxon times, an army that was mobilized from freemen to defend their shire, or from select representatives to join a royal expedition.
* Regia Anglorum - Anglo-Saxon Social Organisation :
*Below the king were the eoldermen, the ruling nobility. The eolderman was the king's 'viceroy' in a shire, responsible for administration and justice, for calling out the ''fyrd'' and leading its forces in the field.
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Similar to 'fyrd'ford, farad, fard, fried, fraud, fired, freed, fiord, fared, ferd, feard, fraid, frood
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