Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology 1 edit

 
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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)

  1. 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)

  1. (transitive) to bend away every other sawtooth (so that sawing is easier)
Alternative forms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Contraction edit

vikke

  1. contraction of vil ikke

References edit

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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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)

  1. 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)

  1. (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

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