cwic
Middle English
Adjective
cwic
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of quyk
Old English
Alternative forms
- cuc, cucu, cwicu, cwuc, cwucu
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kwik(k)w, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwik/
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").
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript E, year 1009
- mentally agile; intelligent, keen
Declension
Declension of cwic — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | cwic | cwicu, cwico | cwic |
Accusative | cwicne | cwice | cwic |
Genitive | cwices | cwicre | cwices |
Dative | cwicum | cwicre | cwicum |
Instrumental | cwice | cwicre | cwice |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | cwice | cwica, cwice | cwicu, cwico |
Accusative | cwice | cwica, cwice | cwicu, cwico |
Genitive | cwicra | cwicra | cwicra |
Dative | cwicum | cwicum | cwicum |
Instrumental | cwicum | cwicum | cwicum |
Declension of cwic — Weak
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | cwica | cwice | cwice |
Accusative | cwican | cwican | cwice |
Genitive | cwican | cwican | cwican |
Dative | cwican | cwican | cwican |
Instrumental | cwican | cwican | cwican |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | cwican | cwican | cwican |
Accusative | cwican | cwican | cwican |
Genitive | cwicra, cwicena | cwicra, cwicena | cwicra, cwicena |
Dative | cwicum | cwicum | cwicum |
Instrumental | cwicum | cwicum | cwicum |
Derived terms
- healfcwic
Descendants
- Middle English: quyk, quic, quicke, quik, quike, quikke, quycke, quyke, quykke, qwicke, qwik, qwyck, qwyk, qwyke; cwic, cwich, cwick, cwuc; qwhyke, weke, whik, whike, whikk, whyk, whyke, whykke
- English: quick (dialectal wick)
- → Ido: quik
- Scots: quick, queek
- English: quick (dialectal wick)