A Scottish medieval militia or army, especially a feudal levy of armed men required to serve their lord.
From Scottish Gaelic feodag or Old Norse roots, related to Germanic words for army and protection. It evolved to mean Scotland's system of compulsory military service during the medieval and early modern periods.
The faurd was Scotland's rough equivalent to the English feudal levy system, but Scottish clan leaders could be surprisingly creative about who counted as a warrior—sometimes including men with minimal training!
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