begird
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
- (transitive) To encircle, surround, as with a gird; enclose; encompass.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English begirden inherited from Old English begyrdan (gird, surround, fortify, clothe) derived from Proto-Germanic *bi- (be-, by, at, by-) prefix from English gird.
Origin
English
gird
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- engird English
- gird English
- girdest English
- girdeth English
- girdle English
- overgird English
- undergird English
- ungird English
- upgird English
- *glemb- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European
- *puH- Proto-Indo-European
- *sweyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *werk'- Proto-Indo-European
- *werḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bi Proto-Germanic
- *bi- Proto-Germanic
- *bigerdaną Proto-Germanic
- be- Old English
- beclyppan Old English
- befȳlan Old English
- begyrdan Old English
- beswīcan Old English
- betwēonan Old English
- bewyrċean Old English
- bīeġan Old English
- gyrdan Old English
- begirden Middle English
- girden Middle English
- bi- Old High German
- binnen Middle High German
- *𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹- Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *binnan Old Dutch
- bi- Old Dutch
- beroren Middle Low German
- binnen Middle Low German
- bi- Old Saxon
- *berīhan Frankish
- *berīhan, *berihan Frankish
- *birīhan, *biwrīhan Frankish
- binnen Western Frisian