kvikvendi

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• kvikindi, kykvendi

Etymology

From kvikr.

Noun

kvikvendi n

1. a living creature
2. (plural only) animals, beasts

Declension

Declension of kvikvendi (strong ija-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvikvendi	kvikvendit	kvikvendi	kvikvendin
accusative	kvikvendi	kvikvendit	kvikvendi	kvikvendin
dative	kvikvendi	kvikvendinu	kvikvendum	kvikvendunum
genitive	kvikvendis	kvikvendisins	kvikvenda	kvikvendanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: kvikindi
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvikende, kvikinde, kvikjende; (dialectal) kjukand, kjåkånd, kjakande, kjokande, kjokand, kjøkald
• Swedish: (dialectal) kvikkände

Further reading

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