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vikna,
að,
[víkja],
to
give
way,
to
bend;
reksaumr
viknar
í
straumi,
Edda
(in
a
verse):
of
ranks
in
battle,
gékk
Ljótr
svá
fast
fram
at
þeir
viknuðu
fyrir
Skotarnir,
Orkn.
28;
freistum
ef
þeir
vikni
fyrir,
Fms.
viii.
68;
veitum
þeim
þaðan
áhlaup
sem
harðast,
vænti
ek
at
þeir
vikni
við,
356;
ætlaði
hann
at
Glámr
skyldi
vikna
við,
to
bend,
give
way
in
wrestling,
Grett.
114
A
(for
kikna).
2.
to
be
moved
to
tears,
compassion,
or
the
like,
freq.
in
mod.
usage;
viknar
hann
við
það,
já,
hún
verðr
dýrari,
Jón
Þorl.
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