Contionary:wort

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk vort, from Old Skundavisk vort, from Halmisk ᚹᛟᚱᛏ (wort), ᚹᛟᚱᛏᛉ (wortŕ), metathetic variant of ᚹᚱᛟᛏᛉ (wrōtŕ), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /wɔ:t/

Noun

wort m. (class 3a, genitive wort or wørt, plural wørte)

1. root

   This is the wort aller måle.

   This is the root of all problems.