Fird
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fird
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- fird
- f. A force, army, expedition; exercĭtus, expĕdītio :-- Ne mehte seó fird hie ná hindan offaran the force could not overtake them, Chr. 894; Erl. 93, 7: 895; Erl. 93, 22: 905; Erl. 98, 19. Fór Eádweard cyng mid firde to Steanforda king Edward went with an army to Stamford, 922; Erl. 108, 17.