begirdv.

/bɪˈɡəːd/

Forms: Past tense and participle begirt.

Etymology: Old English begyrdan (= Old High German bigurten ) < bi-, be- prefix 1 + gyrdan < Germanic *gurdjan to gird gird v.¹

1. transitive. To gird about or around; chiefly used of fastening a girdle or belt round the body, or of fastening on a sword by means of a belt. Also figurative.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > belt or girdle

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c1000 Ags. Ps. xvii. 37 Þu me begyrdest mid mægenum.

c1315 Shoreham 51 Hym with a touwayle schete Ihesus..by-gerte.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 10 My deere sisters with quiuer closelye begyrded.

1774 J. Beattie Minstrel: 2nd Bk. xxxiv. 18 Breasts begirt with steel!

1860 G. J. Adler tr. C. C. Fauriel Hist. Provençal Poetry xv. 399 Begirding the young warrior with the sword.

2. To encircle, encompass, enclose, with.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > surround with

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umbegoc1300

vironc1440

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to fabricate about with1634

surround1635

hearse1646

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round1698

entwine1796

c890 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. i. v He þæt ealond begyrde and gefæstnade mid dice.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 278 Ȝunge ympen me bigurt wið þornes.

1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 239 The Iles of Naples..begirt with rockes and mountains.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 581 Vthers Son Begirt with British and Armoric Knights.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xviii. 75 Where..many a foss Begirds some stately castle.

1846 H. W. Longfellow Occult. Orion 33 Begirt with many a blazing star.

figurative.1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 37 Lord, with what care hast thou begirt us round!1876 Miss Sidgwick Live & let Live 62 With what blessings has..Providence begirt labor!

†3. spec. To beset in hostile array, to besiege. Obsolete as a spec. use.

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society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > besiege or blockade [verb (transitive)]

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environa1382

to set before1382

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forset?a1400

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to lay siege to, unto, about, against, beforec1449

oppugn?a1475

pursue1488

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ferma1522

gird1548

begird1589

beleaguer1590

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intermure1606

blockade1684

to lay blockade to1713

leaguer1720

to form the siege1776

cerne1857

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. K Melicertus begirt the Castle with such a siege.

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. xvi. 209 Now the citie it selfe was begirt with a siege.

1643 J. Angier Lancashires Valley of Achor 32 Lancaster called aloud for relief, having been begirt twenty dayes.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 885 The Epean host had round Begirt the city.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	begird
释义	begirdv. /bɪˈɡəːd/ Forms: Past tense and participle begirt. Etymology: Old English begyrdan (= Old High German bigurten ) < bi-, be- prefix 1 + gyrdan < Germanic gurdjan to gird gird v.¹ 1. transitive. To gird about or around; chiefly used of fastening a girdle or belt round the body, or of fastening on a sword by means of a belt. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > belt or girdle girdc950 begirdc1000 belta1400 girdle1582 c1000 Ags. Ps.* xvii. 37 Þu me begyrdest mid mægenum. c1315 Shoreham 51 Hym with a touwayle schete Ihesus..by-gerte. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 10 My deere sisters with quiuer closelye begyrded. 1774 J. Beattie Minstrel: 2nd Bk. xxxiv. 18 Breasts begirt with steel! 1860 G. J. Adler tr. C. C. Fauriel Hist. Provençal Poetry xv. 399 Begirding the young warrior with the sword. 2. To encircle, encompass, enclose, with. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > surround with begirdc890 belayc893 bitrumc1000 umbegoc1300 vironc1440 compass1481 beset1578 entour1623 to fabricate about with1634 surround1635 hearse1646 gird1667 round1698 entwine1796 c890 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. i. v He þæt ealond begyrde and gefæstnade mid dice. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 278 Ȝunge ympen me bigurt wið þornes. 1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 239 The Iles of Naples..begirt with rockes and mountains. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 581 Vthers Son Begirt with British and Armoric Knights. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xviii. 75 Where..many a foss Begirds some stately castle. 1846 H. W. Longfellow Occult. Orion 33 Begirt with many a blazing star. figurative.1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 37 Lord, with what care hast thou begirt us round!1876 Miss Sidgwick Live & let Live 62 With what blessings has..Providence begirt labor! †3. spec. To beset in hostile array, to besiege. Obsolete as a spec. use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > besiege or blockade [verb (transitive)] belieOE besita1100 beset?c1225 assiege1297 besiege1297 belayc1320 umsiegea1325 ensiegec1380 environa1382 to set before1382 siege1390 forset?a1400 foldc1400 setc1400 to lay siege to, unto, about, against, beforec1449 oppugn?a1475 pursue1488 obsess1503 ferma1522 gird1548 begird1589 beleaguer1590 block1591 invest1591 intermure1606 blockade1684 to lay blockade to1713 leaguer1720 to form the siege1776 cerne1857 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. K Melicertus begirt the Castle with such a siege. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. xvi. 209 Now the citie it selfe was begirt with a siege. 1643 J. Angier Lancashires Valley of Achor 32 Lancaster called aloud for relief, having been begirt twenty dayes. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 885 The Epean host had round Begirt the city. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.c890
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