vikke
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Latin vicia, via Middle Low German wicke.
Noun
vikke f or m (definite singular vikka or vikken, indefinite plural vikker, definite plural vikkene)
- a vetch
Etymology 2
Compare Old Norse víðga and víðka.
Verb
vikke (present tense vikker, past tense vikka or vikket, past participle vikka or vikket)
- (transitive) to bend away every other sawtooth (so that sawing is easier)
Alternative forms
Etymology 3
Contraction
vikke
References
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ʋɪk.kə/
Etymology 1
From Latin vicia, via Middle Low German wicke.
Noun
vikke f (definite singular vikka, indefinite plural vikker, definite plural vikkene)
- a vetch
Etymology 2
Doublet of vidke, from Old Norse víðga, víðka.
Alternative forms
Verb
vikke (present tense vikkar, past tense vikka, past participle vikka, passive infinitive vikkast, present participle vikkande, imperative vikke/vikk)
- (transitive) to bend away every other sawtooth (so that sawing is easier)
- Synonym: vike
References
- “vikke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “vikka”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
- “vikke”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016