What does girt mean, from the australian national anthem??

Question

What does girt mean, from the australian national anthem??

Answer 1

As others have said - to be surrounded

Answer 2

girt by sea

=

surrounded by sea

Answer 3

Surrounded

Answer 4

I've always understood it to be surrounded.. .,encased ...

Answer 5

"Girt by sea"

Means surrounded by sea

Answer 6

yeah your probly right,girth may be a derivative of girt as in around yor waist (surrounded), by sea.

Answer 7

means surrounded.

'girt by sea' is line so, surrounded by sea.

Answer 8

I think it means surrounded - as in surrounded (girt) by sea.

Answer 9

I assume you're referring to "girt by sea"

Girt means to surround, so in this case its saying that Australia is surrounded by sea.

No one uses the word girt and many of us fail to see why its used in the national anthem.

Answer 10

Don't know the anthem but "girt" would normally be an archaic (and somewhat poetic) variation of "girdled".  Someone could be "girt" with a belt, for example.