Please define Obudshaer (M2TW)

[Gorm]

Would any Danish person like to give a proper definition of the word "obudshaer"? I know that "haer" means army. "Bud" can mean message or command. ("commander's army" perhaps?) I cannot decipher it in my Danish-English dictionary. (pretty awful considering my user name!):uhoh: Historically, what was this army? Volunteer? Elite? Factual?

Thanks.

[Baeksen]

Well, even though I am Danish, I have never heard the word before MTW2. It doesn't show up in any of my history books, but I must admit that they are ordinary history books and not directly about military history.

And you have made more logic of the word with your dictionary, than I did when I noticed the word in the past ;-)

As a last desperate effort I tried to google it, but all I found was a page about a wargame with miniatures, that stated that: "Obudshaer were a select levy of younger single men, raised specifically for overseas or foreign campaigns" (http://www.merkitulus.com/armies/Medieval_Scandinavian_Kingdoms__aetius_army_t5.html). But they do not state from where they have got the info.

Sorry, I couldn't help. I will be watching this tread waiting for someone to come up with at better explanation.

Cheers Baeksen

[Furious Mental]

Might be some medieval word which has been changed or fallen out of usage.