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# gird

verb (gird, girds, girded or girt, girding)

«gird» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old use) To gird is to fasten a belt or sword round the body, or to put on armour and get ready for battle or a journey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gird/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales, a hero girds on his sword before setting out on a quest

### Examples

- The knight girded his sword to his side. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gird/#x1)
- He girded on his armour and rode off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gird/#x2)
- Tom girded on his belt and left the inn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gird/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

To tie a belt or cloth around the waist so one can work, travel or fight. It also means to put on strength.

**Interpretation.** To gird the loins means to be ready. The rabbis read it as readiness for service, and to be girded with sackcloth is a sign of mourning.

### Examples

- Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. (Prophets JOL.1.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gird/#x1)
- But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. (Prophets 1SA.2.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gird/#x2)
- Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, thy glory and thy majesty. (Writings PSA.45.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gird/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gird» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gird/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gird» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gird.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «gird» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gird/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gird» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/gird.html) on Mova free.