1 kvikva
u, f., mod. kvika, [Engl. quick; Swed. quicka], the quick, the flesh under the nails, and in animals under the hoofs; á hendi heitir … kvikva, Edda 110, freq. in mod. usage; skera nögl upp í kviku, to cut the nail to the quick; járna hest upp í kviku, to shoe a horse to the quick.
2 kvikva
II. fermentation, swelling, of a fluid: also yeast, see kveykja and kvika. kviku-dropi, a, m. drops of k., Edda 4.