Asked by Makayla

What was the name of the group that the leader and his men formed in Anglo-Saxon times?

eardstapa
widsith
comitatus

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
comitatus

It refers to the leader’s war-band/retinue of men (the lord and his thanes). "Eardstapa" means a wanderer/exile and "Widsith" is the title of an Old English poem (a "far-traveller").