kvikfé

Old Norse

Etymology

From kvikr +‎ fé.

Noun

kvikfé n (genitive kvikfjár)

live stock

Declension

Declension of kvikfé (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvikfé	kvikféit	kvikfé	kvikféin
accusative	kvikfé	kvikféit	kvikfé	kvikféin
dative	kvikfé	kvikfénu	kvikfjám	kvikfjánum
genitive	kvikfjár	kvikfjárins	kvikfjá	kvikfjánna

Irregular -fjár in the genitive singular.

Descendants

Danish: kvæg
- Norwegian Bokmål: kveg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kveg

References

kvikfé in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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