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Feod vs Ferd - What's the difference?

feod | ferd |

As nouns the difference between feod and ferd

is that feod is obsolete form of lang=en (estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service while ferd is an army, a host.

feod

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service)
    • (Blackstone)
    (Webster 1913)

    ferd

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ferde, feord, furd, from (etyl) fyrd, fierd, . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An army, a host.
  • * 1330 , Robert Mannyng, Chronicle
    • With þe wille I go als felawes in ferd .
    (With thee will I go as fellows in a ferd .)
  • A military expedition.
  • * c. 1050 , The Paris Psalter
    • Þeah þu mid us ne fare on fyrd ...
    (Though thou with us not fare on a ferd ...)
  • A company, band, or group.
  • * c. 1400 ,
    • And foure scoure fyne shippes to the flete broght... with fyfty, in a furthe , all of fuerse vesell.
    (And four score fine ships to the fleet brought... with fifty in a ferd , all of fierce vessel.)
  • *1986 , Jack Arthur Walter Bennett, ?Douglas Gray, Middle English literature - Volume 1 - Page 89 :
    • For him a lord (British or Roman) is essentially a leader of a 'ferd' (OE fyrd); […]
    Usage notes
    * This word in its Anglo-Saxon form, (l), is used historically in a technical sense.
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)
    Related terms
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (obsolete) Fear.
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