ungird

American  

[uhn-gurd] / ʌnˈgɜrd /

verb (used with object)

ungirded, ungirt, ungirding

1. to loosen or remove a girdle or belt from.

2. to loosen or remove by unfastening a belt.

   to ungird a sword.

---

Etymology

Origin of ungird

before 900; Middle English ungirden, Old English ungyrdan; see un- ², gird ¹; cognate with German entgürten

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

ungird ungirded ungirding ungirt

Great ocean, was your mighty calm unstirred As through your depths, unseen, unheard, Sped on its way the glorious word That called a weary nation to ungird, And sheathed once more the keen, reluctant sword?

From Bees in Amber A Little Book of Thoughtful Verse by Oxenham, John

Then he turned to Zbyszko: "But will you not ungird yourself and sing a little?"

From The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy by Binion, Samuel A.

For on retiring they ungird the sack, and the part which they doubled about the knees they put up to the head.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen

"Uncover your heads, ungird your garments and cast the bones of your mother behind you."

From Myths and Legends of All Nations Famous Stories from the Greek, German, English, Spanish, Scandinavian, Danish, French, Russian, Bohemian, Italian and other sources by Marshall, Logan

I prithee now, ungird thy strangeness, and tell me what I shall vent to my lady; shall I vent to her that thou art coming?

From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William

Prince Michael ungirded his sabre, which had a hilt set with diamonds, and gave it to Kmita.

From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Abraham Ezofowich had ungirded his handkerchief and carried it in his hand.

From An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story by Soissons, C. S. de

Left alone, Beowulf laid aside his iron mail, took off his brazen helmet and ungirded his trusty sword.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

Some explain this by saying that Nero was about to sing with zither accompaniment and could not endure the idea of being seen by Corbulo while he wore the long ungirded tunic.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster by Foster, Herbert Baldwin

Aurelian—the tents being pitched—the watch set—the soldiers, weary with their march, asleep—himself tired with the day's duty—sat with folded arms, having just ungirded and thrown from him his sword.

From Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century by Ware, William

He sat down upon the ground, and ungirding the sword, which he bore above his vestments, did not remember to shield the hilt from the rays of the sun.

From The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Walter, Sir

And ungirding his sword, he knelt down before Philippe, and did homage to him, asking his assistance to re-establish his rights.

From Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

She wore a dark, shapeless, ungirt robe covered with patches and stains.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

So I ungirt my own weapon--a good plain sword that I had won from a viking in Caithness--and laid it in the place of that he had given me.

From King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)

And St. Laurence ungirt his robe, and giving his girdle to the sacristan, bade him show it in proof of what he told.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

Browning characteristically blames them for their sin of "the unlit lamp and the ungirt loin," for their vacillating purpose, their failure in attaining "their life's set end," whatever that end might be.

From An Introduction to the Study of Browning by Symons, Arthur

The monk who balances him is in a white habit, but the figure kneeling below is in a black habit of the same pattern, ungirt, and with a cowl.

From St. Gregory and the Gregorian Music by Wyatt, E. G. P.