Fornnordisk ordboksanteckning

Kvika

Fornnordisk ordboksanteckning

Definitioner

4 Definitioner

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.

Liknande ord

Runskrift

kvika

Möjlig runskrift i yngre futhark

Runtexten ovan representerar det fornnordiska ordet "kvika" som det kan visas i runinskrifter från vikingatiden (ca. 800-1100 e.Kr.).

Använda förkortningar

Vanliga förkortningar

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.

Verk & Författare

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

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