[2] bort ‘away’: As Óláfr states (see Context above), metathesized bort is preferred here to the more common brott or braut ‘away’ to supply aðalhending with skorti (cf. ANG §§152.2, 315 which cite the weakly stressed brot(t), brutt, bort and burt, the last two with metathesis).
References
- Bibliography
- ANG = Noreen, Adolf. 1923. Altnordische Grammatik I: Altisländische und altnorwegische Grammatik (Laut- und Flexionslehre) unter Berücksichtigung des Urnordischen. 4th edn. Halle: Niemeyer. 1st edn. 1884. 5th unrev. edn. 1970. Tübingen: Niemeyer.