fyrd

Liittyvät sanat: fierd, feord

Riimisanakirja: fyrd

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puhekieltä 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.
http://www.regia.org/research/history/Saxons1.htm Regia Anglorum - Anglo-Saxon Social Organisation:
Below the king were the eoldermen, the ruling nobility. The eolderman was the kings 'viceroy' in a shire, responsible for administration and justice, for calling out the fyrd and leading its forces in the field.''
a national army, the entire land force of a country or nation
military service
army, militia; military expedition, campaign
camp

Katso fyrd englanniksi