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fyrd

Anglo-Saxon local militia in Britain. All freemen were obliged to defend their shire but, by the 11th century, a distinction was drawn between the great fyrd, for local defence, and the select fyrd, drawn from better-equipped and experienced warriors who could serve further afield.
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