Hvika

Old Norse Dictionary - hvika

Meaning of Old Norse word "hvika" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

hvika: að, mod. hika (a strong pret. hvak occurs in Fms. x. (Ágrip) 383):—to quail, shrink, waver; ok hvikaði (Ed. hinkaði wrongly) hestrinn undir honum, Fs. 159: of ranks in battle, Karl. 364; hvika undan, io quail; konungrinn hvak undan lítt þat, shrank from the blow, Fms. x. 383; hefir þú jafnan undan hvikat, Korm. 202; þat er nú ráð at h. eigi undan, Vígl. 72 new Ed.; hvikit ér allir, Nj. 78, Bs. ii. 229; Sigmundr kvað nú ekki göra at h. um þetta, Fb. i. 148: impers., hví hvikar þér svá, why quakest thou thus? Nj. 143.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

gl.: glossary.

impers.: impersonal.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

pers.: person.

pret.: preterite.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Karl.: Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)

Korm.: Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Vígl.: Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)

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