landfyrd

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noun

A ground force; ground expedition; militia; army.

OriginOld English landfyrd →
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Meanings

nounlandfyrd (plural landfyrds)

plural landfyrds

  1. historicalAnglo-SaxonA ground force; ground expedition; militia; army.

    For that purpose Harold had of course to trust to the landfyrd, the militia of the shires.

    1869, Edward A. Freeman, The history of the Norman conquest of England

Origin

  1. Old Englishlandfyrd“army”
  2. Englishlandfyrd

Learned borrowing from Old English landfyrd (“army”); equivalent to land + fyrd.

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APA

landfyrd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landfyrd

MLA

“landfyrd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landfyrd. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “landfyrd,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landfyrd.

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