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gird

/ˈɡɜːd/GURD
/ˈɡɝd/GURD

Meaningencircle or fasten around

Common meaning: surround or fasten around

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GHAR‘seize, grasp, hold, contain’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 113, p. 734 · scan
  2. Old Englishgyrdan‘encircle or fasten around’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishgurdensource
  4. Englishgird‘surround or fasten around’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English gyrdan ‘encircle or fasten around’.

Roots

  • gyrdan Old English “encircle or fasten around”

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