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bort

Pronunciation: [ˈb̥ɒːd̥]

“bort” is a Danish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adverb

  1. away, off (things, people that are in motion)

noun

  1. border, edging, trimming
  2. band, ribbon

Etymology

From Old Norse burt, brott, braut, originally an adverbial accusative of the noun braut (“way”). For the semantic development of the noun, compare English away, German weg (“away”) (hence Danish væk.

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