English
fyrdman
Fyrdman comes from Old English fyrdmann ‘warrior’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150fyrdmann‘warrior’
- Englishtodayfyrdman
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150fyrdmann‘warrior’
- Englishtodayfyrdman
A compound of fierd ‘army’ + mann ‘man’
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘going, passage’
Proto-Germanic *faraną ‘to go, travel’
Proto-Germanic *fardiz ‘journey, voyage’
Proto-West Germanic *fardi ‘journey, voyage’
Old English fierd ‘army’
Proto-Indo-European *mon- ‘man, human being’
Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human, human being, person, individual’
Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person, human, individual’
Old English mann ‘man’
Every English word from Old English fyrdmann
Today it means
noun An English militiaman of the Saxon period; often a land worker called to arms in support of the king or a local lord, and usually armed with a spear and shield.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English fyrdmann / fyrdman