- A
fyrd was a type of
early Anglo-Saxon army that was
mobilised from
freemen or paid men to
defend their Shire's
lords estate, or from
selected representatives...
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regional lines, with the
fyrd, or
local levy,
serving under a
local magnate –
whether an earl,
bishop or sheriff. The
fyrd was
composed of men who owned...
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Grith Fyrd was a
radical alternative educational movement in
England during the 1930s. It
created two
permanent work camps, one at
Godshill in Hampshire...
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different system was used to
achieve similar ends, and was
known as the
fyrd. The
first recorded instance of a
Norse lething is
disputed among scholars...
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definite demarcation between the
royal fyrd (royal army) and
those of the
local fyrd (local
defence force). The
local fyrd were
responsible for the construction...
- the
Battle of
Hastings (14
October 1066), in
which the
English army, or
Fyrd, was defeated,
Harold and his two
brothers were slain, and
William emerged...
- (Gr****), skyr (Icelandic),
fyrd (Anglo-Saxon). By(s) Byrl(s)
Chynd Cly Cry Crypt(s) Cyst(s) Dry(ly)(s) Fly Flyby(s) Fry Fy
Fyrd(s) Ghyll(s) Glycyl(s) Glyph(s)...
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Posse comitatus, an
indirect descendant of the
Northern Germanic hird or
fyrd system, the "citizen enforcer" band is
either capable of
acting lawfully...
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defence of the realm. The bulk of the Anglo-Saxon
English army,
called the
fyrd, was
composed of part-time
English soldiers drawn from the
freemen of each...
- levy, or
fyrd, and it was upon this
system that the
military power of the
several kingdoms of
early Anglo-Saxon
England depended. The
fyrd was a local...
