vike

Norwegian Nynorsk

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to give away, yield
  • (intransitive) to look away, turn aside, waver
  • (intransitive) to recede, retreat
  • (intransitive) to depart, go away, leave
  • (transitive) to cause to yield, make stray off a straight path
  • (transitive) to bend away every other sawtooth (so that sawing is easier)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse víka root from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (contain, separate, bend, curve, become equal, consecrate, wind, overcome, twist, exchange, choose, sacrifice, separate out, set aside as holy, fight, turn, revolve, weed out, envelop, hallow, swing, cull, conquer, divide, weave, make holy, yield).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*weyk-

Gloss

contain, separate, bend, curve, become equal, consecrate, wind, overcome, twist, exchange, choose, sacrifice, separate out, set aside as holy, fight, turn, revolve, weed out, envelop, hallow, swing, cull, conquer, divide, weave, make holy, yield

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