vikke
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin vicia, via Middle Low German wicke.
Noun edit
vikke f or m (definite singular vikka or vikken, indefinite plural vikker, definite plural vikkene)
- a vetch
Etymology 2 edit
Compare Old Norse víðga and víðka.
Verb edit
vikke (present tense vikker, past tense vikka or vikket, past participle vikka or vikket)
- (transitive) to bend away every other sawtooth (so that sawing is easier)
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Contraction edit
vikke
References edit
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin vicia, via Middle Low German wicke.
Noun edit
vikke f (definite singular vikka, indefinite plural vikker, definite plural vikkene)
- a vetch
Etymology 2 edit
Doublet of vidke, from Old Norse víðga, víðka.
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
vikke (present tense vikkar, past tense vikka, past participle vikka, passive infinitive vikkast, present participle vikkande, imperative vikke/vikk)
- (transitive) to bend away every other sawtooth (so that sawing is easier)
- Synonym: vike
References edit
- “vikke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “vikka”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
- “vikke”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016