ungird
Americanverb (used with object)
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to loosen or remove a girdle or belt from.
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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
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"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 Logan Marshall
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 John Oxenham
I prithee now, ungird thy strangeness, and tell me what I shall vent to my lady.
From Twelfth Night; or What You Will by William Shakespeare
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
“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
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 Henryk Sienkiewicz
He went to the door and met the envoy, that ungirded his sword and laid it down.
From The Fall of the Niebelungs by Margaret Armour
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
Yatsek ungirded his sabre, drew it out of the scabbard, looked at the edge by the light of the chimney, and fell to rubbing the blade with his handkerchief.
From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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 Herbert Baldwin Foster
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
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 E. G. P. Wyatt
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
In it too were the twin sons of Antiope, daughter of Asopus, Amphion and Zethus, and Thebe still ungirt with towers was lying near, whose foundations they were just then laying in eager haste.
From The Argonautica by R. C. (Robert Cooper) Seaton
He ungirt his sword, took off helm and circlet, cloak, blazoned surcoat, the girdle of his county.
From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Maurice Henry Hewlett
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