| The same is true for the fyrds led by Edward the Elder in the conquest of the midlands. |
| Already the fyrds of the north had fought and lost a great battle at Gate Fulford, outside York. |
| Therefore the realm's strength would consist of the king with his own personal war-band, or fyrd, aided by the fyrds of his ealdormen and thanes. |
| The shire-fyrd is the quickest of all the fyrds to muster and is the first line of Cania's defense. |
| Alfred's emergence from his marshland stronghold was part of a carefully planned offensive that entailed raising the fyrds of three shires. |
