Terms vs Fyrd - What's the difference?
terms | fyrd |
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.
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*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.
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As nouns the difference between terms and fyrd
is that terms is while fyrd is 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.fyrd
English
(wikipedia fyrd)Noun
(en noun)Regia Anglorum - Anglo-Saxon Social Organisation:
