gyrdan

Old English

Alternative forms

girdan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡyr.dɑn/, [ˈɡyrˠ.dɑn]

Verb

gyrdan

to gird

Conjugation

Conjugation of gyrdan (weak class 1)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	gyrdan	gyrdenne
first person singular	gyrde	gyrde
second person singular	gyrdest, gyrst, gyrtst	gyrdest
third person singular	gyrdeþ, gyrt	gyrde
plural	gyrdaþ	gyrdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	gyrde	gyrde
plural	gyrden	gyrden
imperative
singular	gyrd
plural	gyrdaþ
participle	present	past
	gyrdende	(ġe)gyrded

Derived terms

begyrdan (“to clothe, begird, surround”)
forgyrdan (“to girdle, enclose”)
ġegyrdan (“to gird”)
ungyrdan (“to ungird, take a girdle off”)
ymbgyrdan (“to gird about, put a girdle about, surround”)

Related terms

Descendants

Middle English: gurden, gyrden, girden
- English: gird
- Scots: gyrd, gird

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gyrdan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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