different between fyrk vs fyrd

English

From Swedish fyrk, from Middle Low German vêreken, from ver/vier (“four”).

fyrk (plural fyrks)

(historical) The monetary unit of Sweden between the 15th and 17th centuries, valued at between one-sixth and one-half of an öre.

Learned borrowing from Old English fyrd. Doublet of ferd.

fyrd (plural fyrds)

(historical) In early Anglo-Saxon times, an army that was mobilized from freemen to defend their shire, or from select representatives to join a royal expedition.
- Regia Anglorum - Anglo-Saxon Social Organisation:
  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.

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