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Middle English
Adjective
cwic
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of quyk
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
cwic
- alive; live, living
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript E, year 1009
Hē wolde Wulnoþ ġelæċċan cwicne oþþe dēadne.- He wanted to take Wulnoth dead or alive (literally "alive or dead").
- mentally agile; intelligent, keen
Declension
Declension of cwic — Strong
Declension of cwic — Weak
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: quyk, quic, quicke, quik, quike, quikke, quycke, quyke, quykke, qwicke, qwik, qwyck, qwyk, qwyke, cwic, cwich, cwick, cwuc (Early Middle English), qwhyke, weke, whik, whike, whikk, whyk, whyke, whykke (Northern)