Citations:flerd

English citations of flerd

1. dialectal, type of clothing
   • 1892, Oliver Heslop, A glossary of words used in the county of Northumberland and on the Tyneside‎^[1], volume 68, page 293:

     FLERDS, showy or gaudy articles of women's dress.

2. an Old English militia?
   • 1865, John Earle, Two of the Saxon Chronicles‎^[2]:

     The flerd was the national militia, embodied in each shire under the ealdorman: so called from their marching off on service (faran); in Latin named expeditio.