skorta -rti, -rt v
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to be lacking to one (eigi mun þik karlmenska s) ; mostly impers, e-n skortir e-t, one is in want of, is short of; ekki skortir ykkr áhuga,vou do not lack heart; en skortir við e-n, to be one's inferior, fall short of one; honum þótti sik s við oss, he thought he fell short of us; skortir á e-t it is lacking; þat er á skorti, what was lacking