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Kvika

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4 definitions

1 kvika

1. u, f. the quick under the nail or under a horse’s hoof, Bs. ii. 184, freq. in mod. usage.

2 kvika

II. fermentation, swelling, of a fluid; eitr-kvikja, q. v.; ok af þeim kviku dropum kviknaði ok varð maims líkandi, Edda 4; see kvikva.

3 kvika

2. að, to move, stir; hann kvikar ekki; this verb is freq. in mod. usage, but is not recorded in old writers.

4 kvika

3. u, f. obstructions of the ducts in the nose, which used to be thought to be quick (i. e. live) worms; Vespasianus hafði kvikur í nösum, en þat mein kalla þeir ‘vespas,’ því var hann kallaðr Vespasianus, V. had ‘worms in the nose,’ which disease they call vespas, therefore he was called V. (sic), Post. (Unger) 155.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

kvika

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "kvika" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
esp
especially.
f.
feminine.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
i. e.
id est.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Post.
Postula Sögur. (F. III.)

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