Obs. Also 1 fyrdung, 4 fardung. [OE. fyrdung, f. fyrdian to go on an expedition, f. fyrd, FERD sb.1] A military expedition; an army.
c. 1000. Laws Ethelred, V. 26. Beo man ȝeorne … ymbe fyrdunga.
c. 1020. Secular Laws Cnut, § 79. And se man þe on þam fyrdunge ætforan his hlaforde fealle.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 189. Mannes liflode buuen eorðe is fardung.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 842.
| On-kumen was cadalamor, | |
| king of elam, wið ferding stor. |
