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Middle English
Noun
fierd
- Alternative form of ferde
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fardi.
Pronunciation
Noun
fierd f
- army, military
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Fuluius sē consul fōr mid firde on Crēce tō þǣm beorgum þe mon Olimphus hæt.- The consul Fulvius went to Greece with an army, to the mountain known as Olympus.
- military service
- militia
- military expedition, campaign
- camp
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