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girding

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Searchable Lemmata: girdinge (ME), girding (MdE).
Alternate Forms: gurdunge, girdyng, gerdyng, gurdynge.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(vn.) Utilisation; the action of the verb gird, ME girden, etc.; the act of putting a belt or girdle on (oneself) or the fastening on of a belt or girdle. Also used with extended and figurative senses.(ante 1230 still in current use)
1. Her to falleþ of ueil, of heaued clað, of euch oðer clað to oue[r] gart acemunge [Vrn:Mac.(469): ouer gart semynge], oðer in heowunge oðer i pinchunge gurdles ant gurdunge o dameiseles wise Ecclesiastic/Regula. [MED Ancr. ((Corp-C 402) 53a) circa 1230]
2. Alle þise & many mo cleþed to ouer girt, as meninge oiþer hei3einge, in pinchinge, in girdels girdyng of damoisels wise, [etc.]. Ecclesiastic/Regula. [MED Ancr.Recl. ((Pep 2498) 100/7) ante 1400]
3. Cinctura i. actus cingendi, a gerdyng Gloss. (dating uncertain) [MED Hortus ((Brist-U) 267) ante 1440]
ME, MdE.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Waist.
1b(n.) Accessory; as a substantive noun, a belt or a girdle. In specific uses, used to refer the belt around the neck or shoulders from which the shield was worn.(circa 1395 - ante 1450 ?)
1. And feith schal be the girdyng [WB(1): girdil; L cinctorium] of hise reynes Biblical/Hagiographic. (work: c1395) [MED WBible(2) ((Roy 1.C.8) Is.11.5) ante 1425]
2. [13b/b] ... Cestus: a gurdul of lecherie ... [14a/b] ... Cinctura: gurdynge Gloss. [MED *Medulla ((Stnh A.1.10) 13b/b-14a/a) ante 1425]
3. Laces and stringes he kerue on twoo, And the girding of the shelde also, So that the shelde to fal he lett. Heroic, Romance. [MED Gener.(1) ((Mrg M 876) 4224) ante 1450]
c.f.: girdle
ME.
Sex: Male    Use: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Neck, Shoulder(s), Waist.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, From the verb gird (ME girden, etc.).
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