kvikr

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

Strong declension of kvikr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kvikr kvik kvikt
accusative kvikvan kvikva kvikt
dative kvikum kvikri kviku
genitive kviks kvikrar kviks
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kvikvir kvikvar kvik
accusative kvikva kvikvar kvik
dative kvikum kvikum kvikum
genitive kvikra kvikra kvikra
Weak declension of kvikr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kvikvi kvikva kvikva
accusative kvikva kviku kvikva
dative kvikva kviku kvikva
genitive kvikva kviku kvikva
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kviku kviku kviku
accusative kviku kviku kviku
dative kvikum kvikum kvikum
genitive kviku kviku kviku
Declension of comparative of kvikr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kvikvari kvikvari kvikvara
accusative kvikvara kvikvari kvikvara
dative kvikvara kvikvari kvikvara
genitive kvikvara kvikvari kvikvara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kvikvari kvikvari kvikvari
accusative kvikvari kvikvari kvikvari
dative kvikurum kvikurum kvikurum
genitive kvikvari kvikvari kvikvari
Strong declension of superlative of kvikr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kvikvastr kvikust kvikvast
accusative kvikvastan kvikvasta kvikvast
dative kvikustum kvikvastri kvikustu
genitive kvikvasts kvikvastrar kvikvasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kvikvastir kvikvastar kvikust
accusative kvikvasta kvikvastar kvikust
dative kvikustum kvikustum kvikustum
genitive kvikvastra kvikvastra kvikvastra
Weak declension of superlative of kvikr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kvikvasti kvikvasta kvikvasta
accusative kvikvasta kvikustu kvikvasta
dative kvikvasta kvikustu kvikvasta
genitive kvikvasta kvikustu kvikvasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kvikustu kvikustu kvikustu
accusative kvikustu kvikustu kvikustu
dative kvikustum kvikustum kvikustum
genitive kvikustu kvikustu kvikustu

Derived terms

  • kvika f, kvikva f (“quick (sensitive flesh)”)
  • kvikfé n, kvikfénaðr m (“live stock”)
  • kvikindi n, kvikvendi n, kykvendi n (“a living creature”)
  • kviksetja (“to bury alive”)
  • kvikudropi m (“drop of a fluid”)
  • kvikvavǫðvi m (“the calf of the leg”)

Descendants

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

Further reading

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