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begird
English
Etymology
From Middle English begirden, from Old English begyrdan (“to gird, clothe, surround, fortify”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *gurdijan? (“to gird”), equivalent to be- +? gird. Cognate with Old High German begurtjan (“to begird”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????????? (bigairdan, “to begird”). More at be-, gird.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Verb
begird (third-person singular simple present begirds, present participle begirding, simple past and past participle begirt or begirded)
- (transitive, archaic) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
- 1768, Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, London: T. Becket & P.A. De Hondt, Volume 2, p. 49,[1]
- He was begirt with a clean linen apron which fell below his knees […]
- 1876, William Morris (translator), The Æneids of Virgil, London: Ellis & White, Book 5, line 364, p. 130,[2]
- Let him come forth to raise his arm with hide-begirded hand.
- 1768, Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, London: T. Becket & P.A. De Hondt, Volume 2, p. 49,[1]
- (transitive, archaic) To encircle, surround, as with a gird; enclose; encompass.
- c. 1620s, John Webster, Appius and Virginia, London, 1654, Act II, Scene 1, pp. 16-17,[3]
- […] I will stand my self
- for the whole Regiment, and safer far
- in mine owne single valour, then begirt
- with cowards and with traitors.
- 1717, Arthur Maynwaring (translator), Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books, London: Jacob Tonson, Book 5, “The Story of Perseus continu’d,” p. 148,[4]
- Perseus begirt, from all around they pour
- Their Lances on him, a tempestuous Show’r,
- Aim’d all at him […]
- 1755, Philip Doddridge, Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, Salop, p. 1,[5]
- O lead me to that happy Path,
- Where I my GOD may meet;
- Tho’ Hosts of Foes begird it round,
- Tho’ Briars wound my Feet.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Book 2, Chapter 23,[6]
- The chateau burned; the nearest trees, laid hold of by the fire, scorched and shrivelled; trees at a distance, fired by the four fierce figures, begirt the blazing edifice with a new forest of smoke.
- c. 1620s, John Webster, Appius and Virginia, London, 1654, Act II, Scene 1, pp. 16-17,[3]
Usage notes
Rare in forms other than the past participle/simple past begirt.
Translations
Anagrams
- Bridge, bridge
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begirt
English
Etymology
be- +? girt; variant of begird.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?????(?)t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Verb
begirt
- simple past tense and past participle of begird
Verb
begirt (third-person singular simple present begirts, present participle begirting, simple past and past participle begirt)
- (transitive, obsolete) To enclose or surround.
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