Gird vs Hird - What's the difference?
gird | hird |
To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
To prepare oneself for an action.
A sarcastic remark.
* Shakespeare
A stroke with a rod or switch.
A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
* Tillotson
To jeer at.
* Shakespeare
To jeer.
* Shakespeare
(historical) In Norwegian history, an informal retinue of personal armed companions, hirdmen or housecarls.
By extension, the formal royal court household.
As nouns the difference between gird and hird
is that gird is a sarcastic remark while hird is (historical) in norwegian history, an informal retinue of personal armed companions, hirdmen or housecarls.As a verb gird
is to bind with a flexible rope or cord or gird can be to jeer at.gird
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Verb
- The fasces were girt about with twine in bundles large.
- The lady girt herself with silver chain, from which she hung a golden shear.
- Our home is girt by sea... -
Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- I thank thee for that gird , good Tranio.
- Conscience is freed from many fearful girds and twinges which the atheist feels.
Verb
(en verb)- Being moved, he will not spare to gird the gods.
- Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me.