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Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
kvekkje (present tense kvekkjer, past tense kvekte, past participle kvekt, passive infinitive kvekkjast, present participle kvekkjande, imperative kvekk)
- palatalized form of kvekke (“to startle”)
Noun
kvekkje n
- (pre-1901 (Landsmål) or dialectal) palatalized form of kvekke (“a scare”)
1971, Lars Vivelid, Langs blodfar på villfjellet, Oslo: Samlaget, page 48:den som hev fenge eit kvekkje i barndomen, veks det visst aldri frå seg- whoever gets a scare in their youth, they don't grow out of it