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GYRD

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
GYRD, gird, gerd, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§374; §376;
A staff, rod, twig, as a measure of distance, a yard, as a measure of area, the fourth part of a hide; virga, virgata
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  • Gyrd

    virga,

      Wrt. Voc. 80, 3.

  • Ðín gyrd and ðín stæf

    virga tua et baculus tuus,

      Ps. Th. 22, 5.

  • Ðú ðínes yrfes gyrde alýsdest

    liberasti virgam hæriditatis tuæ,

      73, 3.

  • Hit ys gird

    it is a rod,

      Ex. 4, 2.

  • Ber Aarones girde into ðam getelde

    bear Aaron's rod into the tabernacle,

      Num. 17, 10: Mt. Kmbl. 10, 10: Homl. Th. ii. 8, 11: i. 62, 34.

  • He gebletsode ða grénan gyrda

    he blessed the green twigs,

      64, 1.

  • Fiórþe half gird

    three yards and a half,

      Lchdm. iii. 362, col. 2.

  • Landes sumne dǽl ðæt is án gyrd

    a certain portion of land, that is the fourth part of a hide,

      Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 260, 32: 263, 7.

  • Ðis synd ðære ánre gyrde landgemǽro

    these are the boundaries of the one rood,

      11. 208, 18: L. In. 67; Th. i. 146, 1, 2: L. R. S. 4 ; Th. i. 434, 24.

  • Swá swýðe nearwelíce he hit létt út aspyrian ðæt næs án ǽlpig híde ne án gyrde landes ðæt næs gesæt on his gewrite

    so very narrowly did he have things searched out that there was not a single hide nor a rood of land that was not put down in his book,

      Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 35.
Etymology
[Orm. ȝerrd: A. R. Chauc. Piers P. ȝerd: O. H. Ger. gardea, garda, gerta, kirta: Ger. gerte.]
Linked entries
v.  gird geard.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “GYRD.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17754.

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