fyrding

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, fierd (“army”) +‎ -ing

Noun

fyrding f

1. an army, host

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:here

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Þā æt nēxtan forlēt Pharao Israhela folc of his earde siðian mid miċċlum ǣhtum, and God ġesette ðone foresǣdan Moysen his folce tō heretogan, and his broðer Aaron tō sacerde; and hī lǣddon þæt folce tō ðǣre Rēadan sǣ mid miċelre fyrdinge, þæt wǣron six hund þūsenda wīgendra manna, buton wīfum and ċildum.

     Then at last Pharaoh allowed the people of Israel to leave his land with much livestock, and God appointed the aforementioned Moses as the leader of his people, and his brother Aaron as priest; and they led the people to the Red Sea with a great host, which numbered six hundred thousand warriors, not counting women and children.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	fyrding	fyrdinga, fyrdinge
accusative	fyrdinge	fyrdinga, fyrdinge
genitive	fyrdinge	fyrdinga
dative	fyrdinge	fyrdingum

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fyrding”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.