Noah Webster
Begird
BEGIRD, verb transitive begurd. preterit tense begirt, begirded; participle passive begirt. [be and gird.]
1. To bind with a band or girdle.
2. To surround; to inclose; to encompass.
BEGIRD the Almighty throne.
3. To besiege.
To begirt, used by B.Jonso, is a corrupt orthography.