begyrdan

== Old English == === Alternative forms === begirdan === Etymology === From be- +‎ gyrdan. Cognate with Old High German bigurten (“to begird”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 (bigairdan, “to begird”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈɡyr.dɑn/, [beˈɡyrˠ.dɑn] === Verb === begyrdan to begird; gird about or around, clothe, surround; beleaguer ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: bigirden, begirden English: begird === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “begyrdan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.