kvikr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• kykr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, whence also Old English cwic, Old High German quec. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).

Adjective

kvikr

1. alive
2. lively, quick

Declension

Strong declension of kvikr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kvikr	kvik	kvikt
accusative	kvikvan	kvikva	kvikt
dative	kvikum	kvikri	kviku
genitive	kviks	kvikrar	kviks
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kvikvir	kvikvar	kvik
accusative	kvikva	kvikvar	kvik
dative	kvikum	kvikum	kvikum
genitive	kvikra	kvikra	kvikra

Weak declension of kvikr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kvikvi	kvikva	kvikva
accusative	kvikva	kviku	kvikva
dative	kvikva	kviku	kvikva
genitive	kvikva	kviku	kvikva
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kviku	kviku	kviku
accusative	kviku	kviku	kviku
dative	kvikum	kvikum	kvikum
genitive	kviku	kviku	kviku

Declension of comparative of kvikr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kvikvari	kvikvari	kvikvara
accusative	kvikvara	kvikvari	kvikvara
dative	kvikvara	kvikvari	kvikvara
genitive	kvikvara	kvikvari	kvikvara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kvikvari	kvikvari	kvikvari
accusative	kvikvari	kvikvari	kvikvari
dative	kvikurum	kvikurum	kvikurum
genitive	kvikvari	kvikvari	kvikvari

Strong declension of superlative of kvikr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kvikvastr	kvikust	kvikvast
accusative	kvikvastan	kvikvasta	kvikvast
dative	kvikustum	kvikvastri	kvikustu
genitive	kvikvasts	kvikvastrar	kvikvasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kvikvastir	kvikvastar	kvikust
accusative	kvikvasta	kvikvastar	kvikust
dative	kvikustum	kvikustum	kvikustum
genitive	kvikvastra	kvikvastra	kvikvastra

Weak declension of superlative of kvikr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kvikvasti	kvikvasta	kvikvasta
accusative	kvikvasta	kvikustu	kvikvasta
dative	kvikvasta	kvikustu	kvikvasta
genitive	kvikvasta	kvikustu	kvikvasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	kvikustu	kvikustu	kvikustu
accusative	kvikustu	kvikustu	kvikustu
dative	kvikustum	kvikustum	kvikustum
genitive	kvikustu	kvikustu	kvikustu

Derived terms

• kvikfé n, kvikfénaðr m (“live stock”)
• kvika f, kvikva f (“quick (sensitive flesh)”)
• kvikindi n, kvikvendi n, kykvendi n (“a living creature”)
• kviksetja (“to bury alive”)
• kvikudropi m (“drop of a fluid”)
• kvikvavǫðvi m (“the calf of the leg”)

Related terms

• kvikna, kykna

Descendants

• Icelandic: kvikur
• Faroese: kvikur, kykur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvik, kvikk
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvikk
• Swedish: kvick
• Danish: kvik

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kvikr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive