Wiktionary
hirdman
n. (context historical English) In Norway history, a member of a hird or royal household.
Usage examples of "hirdman".
And if one of the hirdmen of the armed brotherhoods offered the peasants some cattle for a fresh start, some iron to make a plough, if not the plough itself, his protection from further raids, and a number of years free from all obligations, before they should begin to repay the contracted debt, they settled upon the land.