1 gyrdan
p. gyrde; pp. gyrded To GIRD, bind round; cingere :-- Ðá ðú gingra wǽre ðú gyrdest ðé ... ðonne ðú ealdast óðer ðé gyrt cum esses junior cingebas to ... cum senueris alms to cinget, Jn. Skt. 21, 18. Se ðe hine man gelome gyrt qua semper præcingitur, Ps. Th. 108, 19. He girde hine he girded him, Lethe holy man girded himself with a grey sword, Cd. 138; Th. 173, 22; Gen. 2865: Fins. Th. 27; Fin. 13. Gyrd nú ðín sweord ofer ðín þeóh accingere gladium tuum circa femur, Ps. Th. 44, 4: Lk. Skt. 17, 8. Gyrded cempa a belted warrior, Beo. Th. 4162; B. 2078. [Icel. gyrða: O. H. Ger. gurten: Ger. gürten.] DER. be-, ge-, ymbgyrdan. gyrdan