cwic
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