begird

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Inferno: Canto V Thus I descended out of the first circle   Down to the second, that less space begirds,   And so much greater dole, that goads to wailing.

From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

There is a mighty thicket-place by chilly Cæres' side, By ancient dread of fathers gone held holy far and wide: A place that hollow hills shut in and pine-wood black begirds.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William