hvika

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hvika.

Pronunciation

Verb

hvika (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hvikaði, supine hvikað)

  1. (intransitive) to falter, to waver

Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology

Compare kvikr (lively, quick) and kvikna (to come to life, stir about).

Verb

hvika

  1. (intransitive) to quail, shrink, waver

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvika, kvike

References

  • hvika”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press