kvika

Icelandic

/ˈkʰvɪːka/

noun
Definitions
  • quick flesh under nails, hoofs, etc.
  • (obsolete) spring, fount place where water emerges from the ground
  • (nautical) swell
  • quicksand
  • (geology) magma

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse kvika.

Origin

Old Norse

kvika

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