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fyrd

(fɪəd; faɪəd)

(Historical Terms) history the local militia of an Anglo-Saxon shire, in which all freemen had to serve

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Once home, if hardly safe, the north Northumbrian militia or fyrd seemed to have rallied to the standard and Oswald had not just his brother but a round baker's dozen of Northumbrian warriors plus probably most of the Scots who could sense the lures of glory lurking.

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[??]a him eorla mod ortrywe wear[??], si[??][??]an hie gesawon of su[??]wegum fyrd Faraonis for[??] ongangan, eoferholt wegan, eored lixan-- garas trymedon, gu[??] hwearfode, blicon bordhreo[??]an, byman sungon-- [??]ufas [??]unian, [??]eod mearc tredan.

Snared by the Beasts of Battle: Fear as Hermeneutic Guide in the Old English Exodus

From York to Whitby, from London to Sutton Hoo, from Edinburgh to Anglesey, and from Hadrian's Wall to Loch Tay, each of his ten walking narratives form free-standing chapters as well as parts of a wider portrait of a Britain of fort and fyrd, crypt and crannog, church and causeway, holy well and memorial stone.

In the Land of Giants

Sheriffs also occasionally summoned the militia (or "fyrd").

The posse comitatus and the office of sheriff: armed citizens summoned to the aid of law enforcement

InfraStrata PLC has inked an asset exchange deal with Fyrd Energy Ltd for buying a 25% stake in UK Promote Licence P2235.

United Kingdom : InfraStrata enters Asset Exchange Deal with FYRD ENERGY LTD

As had Britons since 1066 when the Anglo-Saxon fyrd of Harald Godwinson marched out to confront the dual threats of the Viking horde of Haraldr Hardrade and the Norman invaders of Guillaume le Conquerant, the Home Guard responded heroically when their islands were threatened.

The guns of "dad's army": small arms of the British Home Guard 1940-1944. -part 2

En la ley del rey Ine de Wessex, fechada en 694, esta documentado el fyrd, esto es, el servicio de hueste y tambien la multa, el fyrdwite, por incumplimiento del servicio; legislando sobre las comitivas aristocraticas, se establecen las multas de 120 chelines para un miembro de la aristocracia (gesiP) que dispusiera de un dominio, el cual era confiscado, de 60 chelines para el gesiP que no tuviera tierra y de 30 chelines para el ceorl (el comun hombre libre) (38).

En torno a la fonsadera y las cargas de caracter publico

Like some marauding Saxon fyrd (their name for small army) it has conquered Birmingham and Stoke, and lately moved on to Stafford, Lichfield and Tamworth.

Shining a new light on the Dark Ages; While the Staffordshire Hoard is dazzling people across the Midlands another Anglo Saxon treasure is proving just as precious, as Chris Upton finds out

(341) This system, originally known as the fyrd, evolved into the militia system, which British colonists brought to the United States and which became the basis of the colonial military system.

Civilians in cyberwarfare: conscripts

For example much is made of the relative strength of one of the era's military structures known as the fyrd a voluntary ad hoc militia.

The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great

The founding fathers and the general populace perceived three kinds of armed forces: a standing army of careerist or long term soldiers employed by and responsible to their commander-in-chief; a "select fyrd" or "select militia" called up by levy or draft by local government to serve during a particular emergency or campaign, again, responsible during that time to their commander-in-chief, who may or not necessarily supplement their arms, victual and supply them.

Knowing who we are

In the past, Britain had experienced various forms of compulsory military and naval service: notably the Anglo-Saxon fyrd, the militia and impressment.