fyrd

n. 英国民兵

发音

US /fɝd/

词形变化

fyrds 复数 fyrds

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    历史

    Below the king were the eoldermen, the ruling nobility. The eolderman was the king's 'viceroy' in a shire, responsible for administration and justice, for calling out the fyrd and leading its forces in the field.

词源

Learned borrowing from Old English fyrd.

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