Fyrdung, fir'-dung, s

an array, at the command of the king, of all able to bear arms (A.S.) G, hard or close, as before a, o, u, l, and r, as in gave, got, gut, glue, grow; and the other soft, like the letterj, before e and i, as gem and gibbet, though in a few words of German origin it is sounded hard before and i, as in get and begin; and generally when the is doubled, as in dagger, . It is silent in some words, as benign, condign. and, with a dash over it, 40,000. from its being placed at the head, or marking the first sound in Guide's scale,the whole scale took the name gamut, from gamma, the Greek name of the letter. Gab, moves gab, the s. empty steam-valves talk; ahook: v.n. on to the talk eccentric,which much and idly (Dan. gab, the mouth).