Third person singular present tense of engird; wraps around or encircles something.
From en- + gird, where gird comes from Old English gyrdan (to gird, encircle). Engird is the intensified form created by adding the en- prefix.
Engird and engirdle are essentially the same word—one from gird and one from girdle—showing how English speakers in the Middle Ages just picked whichever version sounded better, creating unnecessary synonyms that confused everyone!
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