fyrd

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English fyrd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɝd/, /fɚd/, /fɪɹd/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

Noun

fyrd (plural fyrds)

1. (historical) 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.

Related terms

• fyrdman
• landfyrd
• shipfyrd
• ferd

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fyrd/, [fyrˠd]
• Rhymes: -yrd

Noun

fyrd f

1. alternative form of fierd

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	fyrd	fyrde, fyrda
accusative	fyrd, fyrde	fyrde, fyrda
genitive	fyrde	fyrda
dative	fyrde	fyrdum