gyrdan

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡyrdɑn/

Verb

gyrdan

  1. to gird

Conjugation
Conjugation of gyrdan (weak class 1)
infinitive gyrdan tō gyrdenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular gyrde gyrde
2nd-person singular gyrdest gyrdest
3rd-person singular gyrdeþ gyrde
plural gyrdaþ gyrdon
subjunctive present past
singular gyrde gyrde
plural gyrden gyrden
imperative
singular gyrde
plural gyrdaþ
participle present past
gyrdende 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”)

References
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