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Old English · verb

gyrdan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈɡyr.dɑn/
[ˈɡyrˠ.dɑn]
Syllables
ˈɡyr · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
gird

Meaning

  1. to gird

    Oft iċ beġīne þæt mē onġēan sticað, þonne iċ hnītan sċeal, hringum gyrded, hearde wið heardum, hindan þȳrel, forð āsċūfan þæt mīnes frēan mōd freoþað middelnihtum.

    Oft I swallow that pricks me again, then I should strike, girded by rings, toughly against hard ones, stabbed from behind, shove forth that shields mind-mirth of my lord at midnights.

    c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 91:

Conjugation

Conjugation of gyrdan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular gyrdegyrde
2nd singular gyrdestgyrstgyrtstgyrdest
3rd singular gyrdeþgyrtgyrde
Plural gyrdaþgyrdon
Subjunctive
Singular gyrdegyrde
Plural gyrdengyrden
Non-finite forms of gyrdan
Form
Infinitive gyrdan
Inflected infinitive gyrdenne
Imperative singular gyrd
Imperative plural gyrdaþ
Present participle gyrdende
Past participle gyrdedġegyrded

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną.

Descendants

gird

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