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

References
  • “kvikvendi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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