gird(v.)
古英语 gyrdan “在周围系上腰带或束带; 环绕; 用柔软的材料绑定; 赋予属性”,源自原始日耳曼语 *gurdjan(也源自古诺尔斯语 gyrða,古撒克逊语 gurdian,古弗里斯兰语 gerda,荷兰语 gorden,古高地德语 gurtan,德语 gürten),源自 PIE *ghr-dh-, 词根 *gher-(1)的带后缀形式,意为“抓住,包围”。相关词汇: Girded; girding。
Throughout its whole history the English word is chiefly employed in rhetorical language, in many instances with more or less direct allusion to biblical passages. [OED]
在其整个历史中,英语单词主要用于修辞语言,许多情况下直接或间接地暗示圣经段落。[OED]
如 to gird oneself “系紧腰带,收拢宽松的衣服,为任务或旅程做准备。”