cwic
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Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cwic
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of quyk
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *kwik(k)w, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
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").
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript E, year 1009
- mentally agile; intelligent, keen
Declension[edit]
Declension of cwic — Strong
Declension of cwic — Weak
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
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- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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- Old English lemmas
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