gyrdan

Old English

Alternative forms

• girdan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡyr.dɑn/, [ˈɡyrˠ.dɑn]

Verb

gyrdan

1. to gird

Conjugation

Conjugation of gyrdan (weak class 1)

infinitive	gyrdan	gyrdenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
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

• ġeard
• gyrdel

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.