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† ˈby-ˌgirdle Obs.
Forms: 1 biᵹ-, bígyrdel, 2 bygerdel, 3–4 bi-, bygurdel, bygirdel, 5 bygirdylle, 6 bygyrdell, -yll.
[OE. bígyrdel (= OFris. bígerdel, OHG. bígurtil, MHG. bígürtel), f. same elements as begyrdan to begird, with accented form of the prefix: for the suffix, cf. gyrdel girdle.]
That which begirds; a girdle or belt; also, from the use of this, a purse, money-bag.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. x. 9 Næbbe ᵹe gold..on eowrum bigyrdlum [1160 Hatton G. bygerdlen]. c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 117 Fiscus, uel saccus publicus, biᵹ⁓gyrdel. a1225Ancr. R. 124 Ane monne þet wurpe up on him a bigurdel ful of ponewes. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. ix. 79 Þe Bagges and þe Bigurdeles [v.r. bygirdles] he haþ broken hem alle. 1393Ibid. C. xi. 85 Þe bygurdeles. 1483Cath. Angl. 31 A Bygirdylle, marsupium, renale. 1532Ort. Voc., Renale, a bygyrdyll, est zona circa renes. |