begyrdan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to begird; gird about or around, clothe, surround; beleaguer
Etymology
Prefix from Old English gyrdan (put a girdle around, put a belt around).
Origin
Old English
gyrdan
Gloss
put a girdle around, put a belt around
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begird English
- *glemb- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European
- *puH- Proto-Indo-European
- *sweyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *werk'- Proto-Indo-European
- *werḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bi Proto-Germanic
- *bi- Proto-Germanic
- *bigerdaną Proto-Germanic
- *gurdijaną Proto-Germanic
- be- Old English
- beclyppan Old English
- befȳlan Old English
- beswīcan Old English
- betwēonan Old English
- bewyrċean Old English
- bīeġan Old English
- forgyrdan Old English
- gegyrdan Old English
- gyrdan Old English
- ungyrdan Old English
- ymbgyrdan Old English
- begirden Middle English
- girden Middle English
- bi- Old High German
- binnen Middle High German
- *𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹- Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *binnan Old Dutch
- bi- Old Dutch
- beroren Middle Low German
- binnen Middle Low German
- bi- Old Saxon
- *berīhan Frankish
- *berīhan, *berihan Frankish
- *birīhan, *biwrīhan Frankish
- binnen Western Frisian