Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hvika.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hvika (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hvikaði, supine hvikað)

  1. (intransitive) to falter, to waver

Conjugation

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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Compare kvikr (lively, quick) and kvikna (to come to life, stir about).

Verb

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hvika

  1. (intransitive) to quail, shrink, waver

Descendants

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  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvika, kvike

References

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