The present participle of accinge; the act of girding or preparing oneself.
From accinge plus the present participle suffix -ing. Shows the verb was productive enough in Middle English to take standard verb inflections.
This verbal form barely survived in English because 'gird' took over its job—but in a few Old English texts you can find monks 'accinging themselves' for prayer or labor.
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