fyrd

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. 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.

Similar words

fyrdman shipfyrd frithguild fard friborg feodarie frithgild fencible feorm-fultum frithborh

Often followed by

was of or and service in to is were