kvikr

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, whence also Old English cwic, Old High German quec. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive).

Adjective

kvikr

  1. alive
  2. lively, quick

Declension

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Descendants

  • Icelandic: kvikur
  • Faroese: kvikur, kykur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvik, kvikk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvikk
  • Swedish: kvick
  • Danish: kvik

References

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