kvekke

Etymology 1
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Verb

 * 1)  to croak, ribbit

Etymology 2
Compare preterite, presumably of reconstructed  verb. The transitive inflection has come into being either from an unattested Old Norse ancestor, or analogously to other labile verbs such as, etc. The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb

 * 1)  to start, to jerk in surprise; to be startled


 * 1)  to startle

Noun

 * 1) a scare; something that startles one