kvikfé

Old Norse

Etymology

From kvikr +‎ fé.

Noun

kvikfé n (genitive kvikfjár)

  1. livestock

Declension

Declension of kvikfé (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvikfé kvikféit kvikfé kvikféin
accusative kvikfé kvikféit kvikfé kvikféin
dative kvikfé kvikfénu kvikfjám kvikfjánum
genitive kvikfjár kvikfjárins kvikfjá kvikfjánna

Irregular -fjár in the genitive singular.

Descendants

  • Old Danish: kwikfæ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvikfe

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kvikfé”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 254; also available at the Internet Archive
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