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Fyrding

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1 fyrding

f. I. an army, army prepared for war; exercĭtus, procinctus :-- Fyrding [MS. fyrdingc] procinctus, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 42; Wrt. Voc. 50, 24: 72, 71. Mid ormǽtre fyrdinge with an immense army, Homl. Th. ii. 66, 2: 194, 13. II. an expedition; expĕdītio :-- Geswicon ðære fyrdinge they withdrew from the expedition, Chr. 1016; Erl. 153, 29.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚣᚱᛞᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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