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gyrdel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
gyrdel, es; m.
A GIRDLE, belt, zone, purse; cingulum
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  • Gyrdel zona vel zonarium vel brachile vel

    redimiculum,

      Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 28; Wrt. Voc. 40, 57.
  • Gyrdel cingulum vel zona vel

    cinctorium,

      Wrt. Voc. 81, 47.
  • Gyrdel

    stropheum,

      Hymn. Surt. 103, 33.
  • Fellenne gyrdel

    zonam pelliciam,

      Mt. Kmbl. 3, 4: Mk. Skt. 1, 6.
  • We hátaþ on léden quinque zonas ðæt synd fíf gyrdlas

    we call them in Latin quinque zonas, that is five girdles,

      Lchdm. iii. 260, 20.
  • Him bebeád ðæt hí ne námon feoh on heora gyrdlum

    præcepit ne tollerent in zona æs,

      Mk. Skt. 6, 8.
Etymology
[Icel. gyrðill; m. a girdle, purse: O. H. Ger. gurtil; m. cingulum, cinctorium, strophium, balteum: Ger. gürtel.]
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v. gyrdels.
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v.  gerdel gyrdels BELT.
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