English
engird
From en- + gird.
Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- ‘to enclose, to encircle’
Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną ‘to gird’
Old English gyrdan ‘to put a belt around, to put a girdle around’
Middle English girden
English gird
Today it means
verb To gird around; to ingirt.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / engird