Aetheling: a potential heir to the throne, generally of royal descent.
Burh: a fortified town
Fyrd: Anglo-Saxon levied fighting force
Hide: a land unit of variable acreage
Hundred: an administrative area of about 100 hides; a subdivision of the scir.
Jómsvikings: an order of Viking mercenaries or brigands of the 10th century and 11th century.
Moot: a meeting
Nithing: a coward, a man of no honour.
Scir: a shire
Scop: a bard or poet
Thegn: a landowner and fighting man, many, like the horse thegn, had a specific duty on the noble"s estate.
Wends: a historical name for Slavs living near Germanic settlement areas.
Wergild: blood price; p*****t for killing or maiming, according to rank.
Witan: the king"s council, made up of nobles, bishops and thegns
Witenagemot: the meeting of the
