Definition of Fyrd. Meaning of Fyrd. Synonyms of Fyrd

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Definition of Fyrd

Fyrd
Fyrd Fyrd, Fyrdung Fyr"dung, n. [AS.; akin to E. fare, v. i.] (Old. Eng. Hist.) The military force of the whole nation, consisting of all men able to bear arms. The national fyrd or militia. --J. R. Green.

Meaning of Fyrd from wikipedia

- 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...
- 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...
- Grith Fyrd was a radical alternative educational movement in England during the 1930s. It created two permanent work camps, one at Godshill in Hampshire...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Posse comitatus, an indirect descendant of the Northern Germanic hird or fyrd system, the "citizen enforcer" band is either capable of acting lawfully...
- local representatives of the monarch. The ealdorman commanded the shire's fyrd (army), co-presided with the bishop over the shire court, and enforced royal...
- councils and of Spelthorne Borough Council. As well as the ancient county fyrd and militia, Middle**** military units have included the Middle**** Regiment...