单词 | fyrd |
释义 | fyrdn. Historical. The military array of the whole country before the Conquest; also, the obligation to military service. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > [noun] mainOE strength?a1160 armaturea1450 force1487 ranka1533 armed forces1572 troops1598 military1757 fyrd1832 the services1850 society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] > liability for service fyrd1832 1832 J. Bree St. Herbert's Isle 99 ‘The..fyrd!’ cried Edwal, ‘raise the fyrd.’ 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. 83 A threefold obligation lay on all the holders of land in the Kingdom. This consisted of the Bricgbote, Burhbote, and Fyrd. 1861 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 147 When the king summoned his fyrd to his standard. 1895 Meiklejohn New Hist. Eng. I. 105 In 1181 a regulation called the Assize of Arms was issued for the Fyrd or National Militia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832 |
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