kvika

See kvikur (“rapid, swift”)

kvika (third person singular past indicative kvikaði, third person plural past indicative kvikaðu, supine kvikað)

1. to hasten, to hurry

Conjugation of kvika (group v-30)
infinitive	kvika
supine	kvikað
participle (a6)1	kvikandi	kvikaður
	present	past
first singular	kviki	kvikaði
second singular	kvikar	kvikaði
third singular	kvikar	kvikaði
plural	kvika	kvikaðu
	imperative
singular	kvika!
plural	kvikið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

• skunda

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰvɪːka/

  Rhymes: -ɪːka

From Old Norse kvika.

kvika f (genitive singular kviku, nominative plural kvikur)

1. quick (flesh under nails, hoofs, etc.)
2. (obsolete) spring, fount (place where water emerges from the ground)

   Synonyms: lind, uppspretta, uppsprettulind

3. (nautical) swell

   Synonyms: undiralda, gjúga

4. quicksand

   Synonyms: kviksyndi, sandbleyta, sandkvika, sandyrja, sandysja, ysja

5. (geology) magma

kvika (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kvikaði, supine kvikað)

1. (intransitive) to move, stir (of small movements)

Related to kvik (“quick, lively”).

• kvike (e infinitive)

kvika (present tense kvikar, past tense kvika, past participle kvika, passive infinitive kvikast, present participle kvikande, imperative kvika/kvik)

1. (transitive) to liven up, invigorate
2. (intransitive) to grow, become augmented

   elva har kvika i natt

   the river has grown by night

From Old Norse hvika (“to quail, shrink, waver”).

• kvike (e infinitive)

kvika (present tense kvikar, past tense kvika, past participle kvika, passive infinitive kvikast, present participle kvikande, imperative kvika/kvik)

1. (intransitive) to shudder
2. (intransitive) to be confused

• “kvika” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• kvikva

Related to kvikr (“alive”).

kvika f

1. the quick (under nails, hoofs etc.)
2. (uncertain) polyps (in the nostrils)
3. running fluid

• Icelandic: kvika f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvik m, kvike m
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvik m, kvike m

• “kvika”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press