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fyrding

  • noun [ feminine ]
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fyrding, firding, e; f.
an army, army prepared for war; exercĭtus, procinctus
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  • 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.
an expedition; expĕdītio
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  • Geswicon ðære fyrdinge

    they withdrew from the expedition,

    • Chr. 1016
    • ;
    • Erl. 153, 29.
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v. fyrdung.
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v.  feording firding.
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