quyk
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- 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)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old English cwic, from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]quyk (plural and weak singular quyke, superlative quykest)
- living, alive, active
- c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 131r:
- Sende me grace to slepe and mete / In my slepe some certeyn sweven / Wher thorgh that I may knowe even / Whethir my lorde be quyke or ded
- Send me grace to sleep and dream / Some trustworthy dream in my sleep / Through which I might know exactly / Whether my lord is alive or dead.
- c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 131r:
- active, alert
- vibrant, powerful, forceful, effective, apparent
- keen, perceptive
- fast, speedy, quick
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Noun
[edit]quyk (plural quykes or quyk)
Adverb
[edit]quyk
- quickly, immediately
- while living
References
[edit]- “quī̆k, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.
- “quik, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.
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