FromOld Norse víkja ( “ to move, curve, bend ” ) .
vik n genitive singular viks plural vik
littlebend movement to the sidetil viks apart, aside FromOld Norse vík Proto-Germanic *wīkō
vik f or m definite singular vika or viken indefinite plural viker definite plural vikene
aninlet (arm of the sea ) vik
imperative ofvike “vik” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromOld Norse vík
vik f definite singular vika indefinite plural vikar or viker definite plural vikane or vikene
aninlet (arm of the sea ) Fromvike
vik n definite singular viket indefinite plural vik definite plural vika
a (small )deviation howbent thesawtooth is in relation to itssawblade See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
vik
inflection of vika and vike strong verbs ): present tense imperative imperative ofvika vikja weak verbs )“vik” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .två vikar (Bråviken och Slätbaken) en kortare vik en liten vik en skyddadvik [a shelteredcove ] FromOld Norse vík Proto-Germanic *wīkō
vik c
( geography ) bay , aninlet , (in the British sense) acreek (a (relatively long and narrow) inlet from the sea or a lake, as might instead and more specifically be called afjord ( “ fjord ” ) if surrounded by cliffs (and substantially long))Synonym: ( obsolete ) baj Vi bor längst in iviken We live at the far end ofthe bay/creek segla in iviken sail intothe bay/creek simma överviken swim acrossthe bay/creek Det bor några vikingar iviken There are some Vikings living inthe bay/creek (possibly though controversially related) acove (when a small, shelteredvik – see alsobukt en mysig litenvik a cozy littlecove/bay en skyddadvik a shelteredcove/bay agulf (when shaped like avik , especially in the names of some gulfs that are shaped more or less like avik ) Sometimes reflects conditions with less post-glacial rebound in place names. Compareholme
vik
imperative ofvika vik
( transitive ) launch Chungkham Yashawanta Singh; Lukram Himmat (2013 ),A Descriptive Grammar of Zou , Canchipur: Manipur University, page40 
