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Actually he had 2 types of soldiers in his army ; 1) Housecarls ; these were professional soldiers , they were well trained & also paid . 2) Fyrd ; these were part time , unpaid soldiers that were called up when the country (England ) was in danger .

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he had 7000 soldiers but only 750 of these soldiers were trained soldiers. All the rest where Peasant.

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Housecarls were the professional elite troops of Harolds army, fyrd men (pronounced fidd) who were untrained, and they were farmers and got payed to fight

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There are the foot soldiers called the fyrd, and the heavy soldier called the housecarls.

The fyrd had swords and shields and the housecarls had heavy axes that could crack armour.

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