Fyrd vs. Ford: What's the Difference?

Fyrd and Ford Definitions
Fyrd
(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.
Ford
A shallow place in a body of water, such as a river, where one can cross by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle.
Fyrd
The military force of the whole nation, consisting of all men able to bear arms.
The national fyrd or militia.
Ford
To cross (a body of water) at a ford.
Ford
A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.
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Ford
A stream; a current.
Ford
To cross a stream using a ford.
Ford
A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, by wading.
He swam the Esk river where ford there was none.
Ford
A stream; a current.
With water of the fordOr of the clouds.
Permit my ghost to pass the Styg an ford.
Ford
To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through.
His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted.
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Ford
United States film maker (1896-1973)
Ford
Grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987)
Ford
Son of Henry Ford (1893-1943)
Ford
English writer and editor (1873-1939)
Ford
38th President of the United States; appointed Vice President and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-)
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Ford
United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947)
Ford
A shallow area in a stream that can be forded
Ford
The act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
Ford
Cross a river where it's shallow