kvika

See kvikur (“rapid, swift”)

kvika (third person singular past indicative kvikaði, third person plural past indicative kvikaðu, supine kvikað)

1. to hasten, to hurry

• skunda

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰvɪːka/

  Rhymes: -ɪːka

From Old Norse kvika.

kvika f (genitive singular kviku, nominative plural kvikur)

1. quick (flesh under nails, hoofs, etc.)
2. (obsolete) spring, fount (place where water emerges from the ground)

   Synonyms: lind, uppspretta, uppsprettulind

3. (nautical) swell

   Synonyms: undiralda, gjúga

4. quicksand

   Synonyms: kviksyndi, sandbleyta, sandkvika, sandyrja, sandysja, ysja

5. (geology) magma

kvika (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kvikaði, supine kvikað)

1. (intransitive) to move, stir (of small movements)

Related to kvik (“quick, lively”).

• kvike (e infinitive)

kvika (present tense kvikar, past tense kvika, past participle kvika, passive infinitive kvikast, present participle kvikande, imperative kvika/kvik)

1. (transitive) to liven up, invigorate
2. (intransitive) to grow, become augmented

   elva har kvika i natt

   the river has grown by night

From Old Norse hvika (“to quail, shrink, waver”).

• kvike (e infinitive)

kvika (present tense kvikar, past tense kvika, past participle kvika, passive infinitive kvikast, present participle kvikande, imperative kvika/kvik)

1. (intransitive) to shudder
2. (intransitive) to be confused

• “kvika” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• kvikva

Related to kvikr (“alive”).

kvika f

1. the quick (under nails, hoofs etc.)
2. (uncertain) polyps (in the nostrils)
3. running fluid

• Icelandic: kvika f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvik m, kvike m
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvik m, kvike m

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kvika”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive