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Swedish
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Etymology
From Old Swedish vik, from Old Norse *vik (“bend, curve”), related to dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk vik, Faroese vik, Icelandic vik. Compare Swedish vika, Old Norse víkva (“to yield, weaken”), vikna (“to give in, bend”).
Pronunciation
Noun
veck n
- a fold (bend or crease)
lägga pannan i (djupa) veck- furrow one's brow (idiomatic, literally "lay one's forehead in (deep) folds")
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