Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 4 letters

fyrd

Limited data

No curated clues yet.

Use pattern search to check whether the word fits.

4 lettersPronunciation /fɝd/Sorted dfryStarts with FEnds with D0 clues
1F2Y3R4D

Mini crossword

Today's mini takes a couple of minutes.

Play the mini →

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

F___

Definitions

  1. An Anglo-Saxon militia raised from freemen for local defense or royal service.

Word origin

Learned borrowing from Old English fyrd.

Used in a sentence

  • Below the king were the eoldermen, the ruling nobility. The eolderman was the king's 'viceroy' in a shire, responsible for administration and justice, for calling out the fyrd and leading its forces in the field.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer0 curated clues

No curated clues for fyrd yet.