Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BE-GIRD', v.t. [begurd'; pret. begirt, begirded; pp. begirt. be and gird; Sax. begyrdan.]

1. To bind with a band or girdle.
2. To surround; to inclose; to encompass. Begird the Almighty throne. – Milton.
3. To besiege. – Clarendon. To begirt, used by B. Jonson, is a corrupt orthography.