kvekkje

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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)

  1. palatalized form of kvekke (to startle)

Noun

kvekkje n

  1. (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