Hird

La hird, en Scandinavie médiévale, était à l'origine une garde armée informelle et personnelle^[1], dont les membres étaient appelés hirdmenn ou huskarlar (équivalent scandinave des housecarls anglo-saxons). Le nom en vint à désigner non seulement le noyau des gardes de l'armée royale, mais aussi de manière plus formelle la cour du roi de Norvège dans son ensemble ^[2].

↑ For this Germanic tradition the German generic term Gefolgschaft 'body of followers' is also used in modern literature; it was even adopted by powerful Romans in the late empire, by such Latin names as bucellarii or the more common comitatus.
↑ Knut Gjerset, History of the Norwegian People, vol. 1, The MacMillan Company, 1915 (lire en ligne)

[1] For this Germanic tradition the German generic term Gefolgschaft 'body of followers' is also used in modern literature; it was even adopted by powerful Romans in the late empire, by such Latin names as bucellarii or the more common comitatus.

[2] Knut Gjerset, History of the Norwegian People, vol. 1, The MacMillan Company, 1915 (lire en ligne)

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