Kvika

Old Icelandic Dictionary - kvika

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "kvika" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

kvika Old Icelandic word can mean:

kvika
f.
kvika
1) the quick (under the nail or under a horse’s hoof);
kvika
2) running fluid; yeast;
kvika
3) ~ í nösum, polypus in the nostrils (?).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁᚴᛅ

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

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