Eóred

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - eóred

According to the Old English Dictionary:

eórod, es;

eóred
n. Cavalry, a band, legion, troop; equĭtātus, lĕgio, turma :-- Hie gesáwon eóred lixan they saw the band glittering. Cd. 149; Th. 187, 28; Exod. 157. Eórod sceal getrume rídan a troop shall ride in a body, Exon. 90a; Th. 337, 12; Gn. Ex. 63. Legio, ðæt is on úre geþeóde, eóred legion, that is in our tongue, a troop. Lk. Bos. 8, 30.

Related words: weorod, weorud. eored

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