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Quotation dates: 1513
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(Throuch-gird,) Throw-gird, v. P.t. and p.p. also throu- and -gyrd. [ME and e.m.E. thurgh girt p.p. (Chaucer), through-girde (1573); Thro(u)ch(e adv. and Gird v.1 3.] Only in Doug.: To pierce, run through.For further examples see Gird v.1 3. 1513 Doug. iii i 87.
Heir I ly, … Througyrd with dartis 1513 Doug. x vii 95.
For Pallas than throw gyrd Rhethus the kyng 1513 Doug. xxiii 67.
Eneas … Throw gyrd hys targe 1513 Doug. xi xii 105 (Sm.).
That this Catillus stalwart schaft of tre Throw girdis baith his braid schulder banys 1513 Doug. xi xvi 68.
The dedly hed throu gyrd his body and banys 1513 Doug. xiii iii 15.
Quhen he … Turnus ȝyng With sa grysly a wond throw gyrd
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