cwic

Middle English

Adjective

cwic

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of quyk

Old English

Alternative forms

• cuc, cucu, cwicu, cwuc, cwucu

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwik/

Adjective

cwic

1. 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").

2. 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 (Early Middle English), qwhyke, weke, whik, whike, whikk, whyk, whyke, whykke (Northern)
  • English: quick (dialectal wick)
    • → Ido: quik
  • Scots: quick, queek