kveik

== Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse kveik (only known from Icelandic saga of Jón Ögmundsson). First attested in 1646 by Christen Jensøn (1646) as Queick. Later attested by Thomas Bloch (1698). Later also spelled as Qveik by Jacob Laugesen Bork (1698) and Erik Pontoppidan (1749). === Noun === kveik f (definite singular kveika, indefinite plural kveiker, definite plural kveikene) (usually uncountable) a Norwegian kind of brewing yeasts (uncountable) beer or any similar drink made with this kind of yeasts (dated) yeast Synonyms: gjær, jest, gang === References === “kveik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. Torleiv Hannaas (1915), Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 62 Erik Pontoppidan (1749), Glossarium Norvagicum (in Danish)