bort

• boart
• boort

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

bort (countable and uncountable, plural borts)

1. Poor-quality diamond, used for industrial cutting or abrasion; a poorly crystallized diamond.
   • 1931, Business Week, Issues 82-94, page 25,

     Bits that would require 4 to 16 carbonadoes are now set with 40 to 80 borts.

• boart, bört

From Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (“word”). Cognate with German Wort, English word.

bort n

1. (Sappada) word

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

• bóart (Sette Comuni)

From Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (“word”). Cognate with German Wort, English word.

bort n (plural börtar)

1. (Luserna, Tredici Comuni) word

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

First known occurrence of the expression in the Czech language (16th century) was in the sense side (of a gutter or hole). From early Middle High German bord, bort ("side", especially of a ship; originally "a board", "a plank"). This comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“cut”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [bort]

bort m

1. (nautical) board, side of a ship [16th c.]

• bortit

• bort in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bort in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• torb

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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ɒːd̥]

bort

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

• væk

• borte

From Middle Low German borde, from Proto-Germanic *burdô (“rim, edging”), cognate with German Borte. Probably related to *burdą (“board”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥oɐ̯ˀd̥]

bort c (singular definite borten, plural indefinite borter)

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

bor +‎ -t

• IPA^(key): [ˈbort]
• Hyphenation: bort

bort

1. accusative singular of bor

   Bort rendeltek. ― They ordered wine.

From Old Norse burt, burtu, brott, brottu.

bort

1. away

   gå bort ― to pass away

   gifte bort sin datter ― give one's daughter away (in marriage)

bort

1. away

• borte

• “bort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse burt, burtu, brott, brottu.

• IPA^(key): /burt/

bort

1. away

   gå bort ― to pass away

• bortføre, bortføra
• bortimot
• bortskjemt

bort

1. away

• “bort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse burt, brott, braut.

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bort

1. away, off

   De seglade bort mot horisonten

   They sailed away towards the horizon

   Jag får inte bort fläcken

   I can't get the stain off

   Bort med dig!

   Away with you!

   Synonym: (colloquial) väck

• gå bort

bort

1. supine of böra.

• borta

• bort in Svensk ordbok.