fyrd

fyrd englanniksi

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. (alternative form of)