kvikna

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse kvikna, from Proto-Germanic *kwiknaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

kvikna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kviknaði, supine kviknað)

  1. (intransitive, of fire) to start, become lit
  2. (intransitive, of light) to come on
  3. (intransitive) to come into being, begin to exist, spring forth
    líf kviknar
    life springs forth

Conjugation[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *kwiknaną.

Verb[edit]

kvikna

  1. to quicken, come to life
  2. to be kindled
  3. to revive

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: kvikna
  • Faroese: kvikna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvikne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvikne
  • Old Swedish: qvikna
  • Danish: kvikne

References[edit]

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