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.

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Etymology

Origin of ungird

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

ungird ungirded ungirding ungirt

I am afraid this great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney.—I pr'ythee now, ungird thy strangeness, and tell me what I shall vent to my lady.

From Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

Suddenly Count Zichy and his fair cousin broke out from the large circle, and setting to him, he was led off to the waltz movement before he had time to ungird his sword.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 582, December 22, 1832 by Various

Here was a home for the wanderers, Now could we ungird our loins, Doff our shoes, lay aside our staves.

From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Stefan Zweig

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

From Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls by Logan Marshall

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

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

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 Charles Herbert Sylvester

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 William Ware

Undine, on entering her bedroom late that evening, was startled by the presence of a muffled figure which revealed itself, through the dimness, as the ungirded midnight outline of Mrs. Spragg.

From The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

And as he pronounced these words, Frederick ungirded his sword, and presented it to the young count.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 01 by Maria Edgeworth

Then went by many fair maidens whose hair was loose and yellow, and who were all clad in green raiment ungirded, and shod with golden shoes.

From The Hollow Land by William Morris

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 Sir Walter Scott

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 Charlotte Mary Yonge

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

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

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 Augustus J. C. Hare

All had vanished into the night; she stood before her intended victim unarmed, ungirt, and—miracle of miracles—undismayed!

From Max by Katherine Cecil Thurston

And the cruse is full, And the loin ungirt, And the hour ordained!

From Open Water by Arthur Stringer

At the first glance it was not easy to recognize it; it was simply the figure of a very tall man in an ungirt costume, composed of shirt and pantaloons.

From In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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