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kvikva

nafnorðkvenkyn
u, , kvika, [ quick; quicka], the quick, the flesh under the nails, and in animals under the hoofs; á hendi heitir … kvikva, 110, in usage; skera nögl upp í kviku, to cut the nail to the quick; járna hest upp í kviku, to shoe a horse to the quick.
II. fermentation, swelling, of a fluid: also yeast, see kveykja and kvika. kviku-dropi, a, drops of k., 4.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • mod.modern.
  • Engl.English.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)