begird

Meaning

1. To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
2. To encircle, surround, as with a gird; enclose; encompass.

Synonyms

surround

gird

encompass

encircle

enclose

enfold

engird

environ

enwrap

skirt

wrap

belt

zone

beset

cincture

Translations

entourer

περιζώνω

kuşatmak

περιβάλλω

omringen

encercler

⭕

umgeben

circondare

cingere

insluiten

omhullen

einschließen

omsluiten

omsingelen

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: begirden

Inherited from Old English: begyrdan

Cognate with Old High German: begurtjan

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽

In summary

From Middle English begirden, from Old English begyrdan (“to gird, clothe, surround, fortify”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *gurdijaną (“to gird”), equivalent to be- + gird. Cognate with Old High German begurtjan (“to begird”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 (bigairdan, “to begird”). More at be-, gird.