hvika

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hvika. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʰvɪːka/ Rhymes: -ɪːka === Verb === hvika (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hvikaði, supine hvikað) (intransitive) to falter, to waver ==== Conjugation ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === Compare kvikr (“lively, quick”) and kvikna (“to come to life, stir about”). === Verb === hvika (intransitive) to quail, shrink, waver ==== Descendants ==== Norwegian Nynorsk: kvika, kvike === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hvika”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive