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Fyrd-færeld

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1 fyrd-færeld

n. [fyrd an army; færeld a journey] A military expedition or service; mīlĭtāris expedītio :-- Bútan ðysum þrím þingum, ðæt is, fyrdfærelde, and brigcgewurce, and burhbóte except these three things, that is, military service, bridge-work, and reparation of fortresses, Cod. Dipl. 715; A. D. 1006; Kmbl. iii. 350, 10. Ðæt he þreó þing of his lande dó, fyrdfæreld, and burhbóte, and brycgeweorc ut ĭta făciat pro terra sua, scīlĭcet, expĕdītiōnem, burhbōtam, et brigbōtam, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 2. fyrd-færeld
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Runic Inscription

ᚠᚣᚱᛞ-ᚠᚫᚱᛖᛚᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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