fyrd

Pronunciation: /fɝd/

The English word “fyrd” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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.

Learned borrowing from Old English fyrd.

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