Fyrding
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fyrding
According to the Old English Dictionary:
firding, e;
- 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.