vǫkva

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See also: vökva

Old Norse

Etymology

From vǫkr (“wet, moist”) +‎ -a (ōn-stem suffix), or directly inherited from Proto-Germanic *wakwǭ.

Noun

vǫkva f (genitive vǫku)

moisture, humidity

Declension

Declension of vǫkva (weak wōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vǫkva	vǫkvan	vǫkur	vǫkurnar
accusative	vǫku	vǫkuna	vǫkur	vǫkurnar
dative	vǫku	vǫkunni	vǫkum	vǫkunum
genitive	vǫku	vǫkunnar	vǫkna	vǫknanna

Derived terms

vǫkusamr (“moist”)
vǫkuskortr m (“want of moisture”)

See also

vǫkvi m

Verb

vǫkva

to moisten, water

Conjugation

Conjugation of vǫkva — active (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	vǫkva
present participle	vǫkvandi
past participle	vǫkvaðr
1st-person singular	vǫkva	vǫkvaða
2nd-person singular	vǫkvar	vǫkvaðir
3rd-person singular	vǫkvar	vǫkvaði
1st-person plural	vǫkum	vǫkuðum
2nd-person plural	vǫkvið	vǫkuðuð
3rd-person plural	vǫkva	vǫkuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	vǫkva	vǫkvaða
2nd-person singular	vǫkvir	vǫkvaðir
3rd-person singular	vǫkvi	vǫkvaði
1st-person plural	vǫkvim	vǫkvaðim
2nd-person plural	vǫkvið	vǫkvaðið
3rd-person plural	vǫkvi	vǫkvaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	vǫkva
1st-person plural	vǫkum
2nd-person plural	vǫkvið

Conjugation of vǫkva — mediopassive (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	vǫkvask
present participle	vǫkvandisk
past participle	vǫkvazk
1st-person singular	vǫkumk	vǫkuðumk
2nd-person singular	vǫkvask	vǫkvaðisk
3rd-person singular	vǫkvask	vǫkvaðisk
1st-person plural	vǫkumsk	vǫkuðumsk
2nd-person plural	vǫkvizk	vǫkuðuzk
3rd-person plural	vǫkvask	vǫkuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	vǫkumk	vǫkuðumk
2nd-person singular	vǫkvisk	vǫkvaðisk
3rd-person singular	vǫkvisk	vǫkvaðisk
1st-person plural	vǫkvimsk	vǫkvaðimsk
2nd-person plural	vǫkvizk	vǫkvaðizk
3rd-person plural	vǫkvisk	vǫkvaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	vǫkvask
1st-person plural	vǫkumsk
2nd-person plural	vǫkvizk

Descendants

Icelandic: vökva

Further reading

Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vökva”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 503; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

page/503 Internet Archive]

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