gird

(Îngilîzî)

Verb

1. (transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
2. (transitive) To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
3. (reflexive, transitive) To prepare (oneself) for an action.
4. (intransitive) (of a vessel towing another) To be pulled on sideways by its towline, putting it at risk of capsizing.

Noun

1. A sarcastic remark.
2. A stroke with a rod or switch.
3. A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ɡɜːd/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: girden

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: gyrdan

Hevwate bi frîsî: gurdzje

Hevwate bi holendî: gorden

Hevwate bi almanî: gürten

Hevwate bi swêdî: gjorda

Hevwate bi îzlendî: gyrða

Hevwate bi elbanî: ngërthej

In summary

From Middle English girden, gerden, gürden, from Old English gyrdan (“to put a belt around, to put a girdle around”), from Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną (“to gird”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian gurdzje, girdzje, Dutch gorden, German gürten, Swedish gjorda, Icelandic gyrða, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie together by weaving, to bind”).

Hevwate

girdle

encircle

belt

bind

wear

build up

enclose

tie

arm

confine

surround

strap

attach

fortify

sneer

begird

girth

encompass

endue

zone

buckle

ring

💍

gibe

beset

environ

enwrap

band

hold in

imprison

invest

jeer

jest

knot

🪢

lash

ligate

manacle

moor

rack

rail

restrain

round

scoff

secure

shackle

slur

stake

string

🪢

take off

taunt

tether