Kvikr
Old Norse Dictionary - kvikrMeaning of Old Norse word "kvikr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
kvikr Old Norse word can mean:
- kvikr
- adj., also kykr, with a characteristic v, which is often retained before a vowel, so that we have two forms, kvikvan or kykvan, kvikvir or kykvir; in mod. usage this v has been dropt; [Ulf. qius = ζων; A. S. and Hel. quic; Engl. quick; provinc. Germ. queck; Swed. quick; cp. Dan. quæg = cattle and quæge; the Lat. virus, vivere, as also Gr. βίος, are according to comparative philologers, identical with the Teut. word]:—quick, alive, living, chiefly with the notion of feeling, the ‘quick,’ as opp. to the unfeeling or dead; kyks né dauðs, quick nor dead, Edda 39 (in a verse); dauðan eða kvikvan, Hallfred (kykvan, Hkr. l. c., but wrongly, as the syllable rhymes with bliks); ef allir hlutir í heiminum, kykvir ok dauðir, gráta hann, Edda 38; kvikum né dauðum, Hom. 59; ef hann sýnir eigi at þinglausnum hrossit kvikt né dautt, Grág. i. 140; ey getr kvikr kú, Hm. 69; kvöl þótti kvikri at koma í hús Atla, Am. 98; yfir þá götu | náði engi kvikr komask (no quick, no living), Sól. 1; sem á kykum manni, Ó. H. 231 (in a verse); skera e-n kvikvan, to dissect alive, Akv. 24, Gh. 17; yrða ek þik kvikvan, Am. 22; ok ertú kvik en konung-borna, Hkv. 2. 46: sem kykvir tívar, like quick men, Sighvat (Ó. H. 230 in a verse); þeir flettu hann af klæðum ok ætluðu at flá hann kvikvan, FmS. vii. 227; sem hann væri fleginn kvikr, Mork. 221; ef þá verðr nokkut kvikt fyrir sjónum þeim, FmS. i. 9; þá bauð Helena at brenna þá alla kvikva í eldi, Hom. 101; þat barn er eigi arfgengt, er kvikt er í kviði móðurinni, Grág. i. 178; hvat segir þú, kvikr Fjandi? MS. 4. 15: allit., engi kvik kind, D. I. i. 246; á kykum kvisti, 303.
- kvikr
- 2. quick, sensitive; kykr vöðvi, the quick muscle, the quick of toes and nails; hann batt höfuð hans við slagálar sér, ok laust kykva-vöðva sínum á tönnina, er skagði ór höfðinn, Hkr. i. 100, (Orkn. 12, l. c., alters the word into ‘kálfanum,’ but erroneously; the legend of the death of earl Sigurd bears resemblance to that of Hannibal’s death, as told in Pausan. viii. 11,—τιτρώσκεται τον δάκτυλον.)
- kvikr
- 3. lively, glad; svá verðr herrinn kvikr við þenna kvitt, at …, Al. 117.
- kvikr
- 4. in the phrase, skríða kvikr, to be alive, swarming; þótti jörðin öll kvik skríða fyrir mannfjölda, Stj. 598: of vermin, á þessum haug lá hundrinn Argus, og skreið nú kvikr, Od. xvii. 300 (ἐνίπλειος κυνοραιστέων).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- provinc.
- provincial.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- D. I.
- Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gh.
- Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Mork.
- Morkinskinna. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sól.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Od.
- Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
Also available in related dictionaries:
This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.