[1] kyrtat: (a) Kock (NN §865) also favoured interpretation of sæþráð as a fishing-line, adding that kyrtat could be p. p. of a postulated *kyrta ‘to shorten’ (cf. German kürzen); the line would shorten when reeled in. This, however, is less than plausible. (b) Another desperate remedy, adopted in CVC, is to assume an adv. kyrtat ‘gently’ related to kyrr ‘quiet, calm’.