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fyrd
[ furd ]
/ fÉœrd /
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noun
the militia in Anglo-Saxon England.
the duty to serve in this militia.
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fyrd
/ (fɪəd, faɪəd) /
noun
history the local militia of an Anglo-Saxon shire, in which all freemen had to serve
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