Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

shipfyrd en · NOUN

Etymology

Partial calque of Old English sċipfyrd, sċipfierd (“naval expedition, naval force, fleet, navy”), equivalent to ship + fyrd. Compare landfyrd.

Meanings

  1. (historical, uncountable) An Anglo-Saxon naval force or militia; naval fleet; navy.
    • This national army or militia was called the fyrd; the shipfyrd manned the navy. 1965, James Westfall Thompson, Edgar Nathaniel Johnson, An introduction to medieval Europe: