Voce del dizionario norreno antico

Kvika

Voce del dizionario norreno antico

Definizioni

4 Definizioni

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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Iscrizione runica

kvika

Possibile iscrizione runica in futhark giovane

Il testo runico sopra rappresenta la parola norrena antica "kvika" come potrebbe apparire nelle iscrizioni runiche dell'era vichinga (ca. 800-1100 d.C.).

Abbreviazioni utilizzate

Abbreviazioni comuni

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.

Opere & Autori

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

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