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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
gird .
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Examples
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In less than the specified time he returned by another way, with a good cloak hanging over his arm, a good sword girded by his side, and leading his good horse caparisoned for the journey.
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In less than the specified time he returned by another way, with a good cloak hanging over his arm, a good sword girded by his side, and leading his good horse caparisoned for the journey.
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For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded.
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For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded.
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Fornoch was once more seated on the lowest step, while Ossdonc stood guard behind Usseis with his heavy sword girded to his belt, his long black cloak pulled aside to show the glint of his weapon.
Reiffeins Choice 2006
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Keep thy sword girded, and thy lamp burning, as one that wakes in the night; for He who shall judge the
Old Mortality 2004
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When he saw himself in the orb, King Lorac Caladon saw a young warrior with a shining sword girded on, a king to save the land, a father to rescue his children from the dark terrors of the night.
Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000
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For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded.
Nehemiah 4. 1999
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There was a battle sword girded to him, and over bis shoulder I saw the arch of a crossbow.
The Crystal Gryphon Norton, Andre 1972
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That I may join the happy company in the bosom of Abraham, that are girded, that is, prepared for their journey, by which they shall attend their Lord, when he shall ascend into heaven.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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