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CWIC

  • adjective
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Grammar
CWIC, cwyc, cwuc, cuc; def. se cwica, seó, ðæt cwice; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§42; §103; §232; §439;
Alive, QUICK ; vivus, vivax
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  • Enoch cwic gewát mid cyning engla

    Enoch departed alive with the king of angels,

    • Cd. 60
      • ;
    • Th. 73,
      • 25;
    • Gen. 1210: Exon. 16b
      • ;
    • Th. 37,
      • 8;
    • Cri. 590: Ps. Th. 118,
      • 57.

  • Cwyc

    alive,

    • 104,
      • 8.

  • Ne biþ se cwuca nyttra ðe se deáda, gif him his yfel ne hreówþ

    the quick [living] is not better than the dead, if he repent not of his evil,

    • Bt. 36,
      • 6;
    • Fox 182,
      • 20.

  • Se iunga wæs cwices módes

    the youth was of a quick mind;

    erat adolescens animi vivacis,

    • Bd. 5,
      • 19;
    • S. 637,
      • 37.

  • He nó ðǽr áht cwices lǽfan wolde

    he would leave naught alive there,

    • Beo. Th. 4618
      • ;
    • B. 2314
      • .

  • Ǽlc wuht cwices [cwuces Cot.] biþ innanweard hnescost

    everything alive is inwardly softest,

    • Bt. 34,
      • 10;
    • Fox 150,
      • 5.

  • Ne ofsleá ic ǽlc þing cuces

    non percutiam omnem animam viventem,

    • Gen. 8, 21: Wrt. Voc. 85,
      • 51.

  • On cwicum ceápe

    in live stock,

    • L. Ath. i. prm
      • ;
    • Th. i. 194, 6: Homl. Blick. 39,
      • 18.

  • Æt cwicum [cwicon MS.] menn

    for a living man,

    • L. Eth. iii. 1,
      • 2;
    • Th. i. 292, 10,
      • 13.

  • Be cwicum ceorle

    the husband being alive,

    • L. Ethb. 85
      • ;
    • Th. i. 24,
      • 9.

  • On cucum [MS. cucan] ceápe

    in live stock,

    • Cod. Dipl. 1201
      • ;
    • A. D. 956
      • ;
    • Kmbl. v. 378,
      • 20.

  • Seó sealf ðone wyrm ðǽron deádne gedéþ, oððe cwicne ofdrífþ

    the salve will make the worm therein dead, or drive it away alive,

    • L. M. 3,
      • 39;
    • Lchdm. ii. 332,
      • 26.

  • Hie ǽnigne cwicne ne métton

    they found not any alive,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2166
      • ;
    • An. 1084: Elen. Kmbl. 1378
      • ;
    • El. 691
      • .

  • Abraham leófa, ne sleah ðín ágen bearn, ac ðú cwicne abregd cniht of áde, eaforan ðínne

    beloved Abraham, slay not thine own child, but take thou the boy, thy son, alive from the pile,

    • Cd. 141
      • ;
    • Th. 176,
      • 19;
    • Gen. 2914: Beo. Th. 1589
      • ;
    • B. 792: Exon. 90b
      • ;
    • Th. 340,
      • 21;
    • Gn. Ex. 114: Ps. Th. 118,
      • 154.

  • Ic hyne eft cwycne ageaf

    I gave him back again alive,

    • Nicod. 26
      • ;
    • Thw. 14, 28,
      • 38.

  • Tiberius forneáh nǽnne ðæra senátussa ne lét cucne

    Tiberius left hardly any of the senators alive,

    • Ors. 6,
      • 2;
    • Bos. 116, 41: L. C. S. 25
      • ;
    • Th. i. 390,
      • 21.

  • Cwice ,

    acc. f. alive,

    • Glos. Prudent. Recd. 148,
      • 51.

  • Gif hió cwic bearn gebyreþ

    if she bare a live child,

    • L. Ethb. 78
      • ;
    • Th. i. 22,
      • 4.

  • Sníþ ðæt cwice líc

    cut the body alive,

    • L. M. 1,
      • 35;
    • Lchdm. ii. 84,
      • 29.

  • Cwicre stæfne

    with the living voice;

    viva voce,

    • Bd. 4,
      • 18;
    • S. 586,
      • 39.

  • Cwice

    quick, alive, pl. nom. m.

    • Ps. Th. 105, 5: Andr. Kmbl. 258
      • ;
    • An. 129
      • .

  • Híg in to helle cuce síðodon

    descenderunt vivi in infernum,

    • Num. 16, 33: Chr. 794
      • ;
    • Erl. 59,
      • 23.

  • Ðe ealle cwice wihta bílibbaþ

    by which all creatures alive are supported,

    • Ors. 2,
      • 1;
    • Bos. 38,
      • 8.

  • Se Ælmihtiga líf gesceóp cynna gehwylcum ðara ðe cwice hwyrfaþ

    the Almighty created life for each of the kinds that go to and fro alive,

    • Beo. Th. 197
      • ;
    • B. 98
      • .

  • Cwyce secgeaþ his wundorweorc

    his wondrous works alive shall speak,

    • Ps. Th. 104,
      • 1.

  • Ða cwican nó genihtsumedon ðæt hí ða deádan bebyrigdan

    those alive were not enough to bury the dead,

    • Bd. 1,
      • 14;
    • S. 482,
      • 31.

  • Cwicera manna

    of men alive,

    • Judth. 11
      • ;
    • Thw. 24,
      • 41;
    • Jud. 235: Runic pm. 6
      • ;
    • Kmbl. 340,
      • 17;
    • Hick. Thes. i. 135
      • .

  • Ðǽr biþ cwicra gewin

    there shall be strife of the quick,

    • Exon. 22b
      • ;
    • Th. 62,
      • 8;
    • Cri. 998: 51a
      • ;
    • Th. 177,
      • 7;
    • Gú 1223: Salm. Kmbl. 792
      • ;
    • Sal. 395
      • .

  • Ðú bist déma cwucra ge deádra

    thow art the judge of quick and dead,

    • Hy. 8,
      • 39;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 291,
      • 39.

  • He is God cwucera gehwelces

    he is the God of each of those alive,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 29,
      • 160;
    • Met. 29,
      • 80.

  • Blis astíhþ cwicera cynna cyninge

    the joy of quick kinds ascends to the king,

    • Menol. Fox 183
      • ;
    • Men. 93: Andr. Kmbl 1823
      • ;
    • An. 914: Judth. 12
      • ;
    • Thw. 26,
      • 12;
    • Jud. 324
      • .

  • Cwicra wihta

    of beings alive,

    • Exon. 107b
      • ;
    • Th. 411,
      • 5;
    • Rä. 29,
      • 8.

  • His is mycel sǽ, ðǽr is unrim cwycra

    his is the great sea, where is a countless number of things alive,

    • Ps. Th. 103,
      • 24.

  • Ic wille mid flóde acwellan cynna gehwilc cucra wuhta

    with a flood I will destroy every kind of creatures alive,

    • Cd. 65
      • ;
    • Th. 78,
      • 23;
    • Gen. 1297
      • .

  • Be cwicum mannum

    the men being alive,

    • L. Eth. ix. 4
      • ;
    • Th. i. 340, 18: L. C. E. 3
      • ;
    • Th. i. 360,
      • 9.

  • Cwycum and deádum

    to quick and dead,

    • Hy. 7,
      • 117;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 289,
      • 117.

  • Wylle on glédum cwicum

    boil on live coals,

    • L. M. 2,
      • 28;
    • Lchdm. ii. 224,
      • 20.

  • On cwicum wǽdum

    in living garments,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 280
      • ;
    • Sal. 139
      • .

  • To démenne ǽgðer ge ðám cucum ge ðám deádum

    to judge both the quick and the dead,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 596, 20: 598, 6: Num. 16,
      • 48.

  • Seó wiht bindeþ cwice

    the creature will bind the quick,

    • Exon. 109b
      • ;
    • Th. 420,
      • 8;
    • Rä. 39,
      • 7.

  • Ðe ðǽr cwice méteþ fýr

    who shall find there fires alive,

    • 22a
      • ;
    • Th. 59,
      • 27;
    • Cri. 959
      • .

  • Déman ða cucan and deádan

    judicare vivos et mortuos,

    • Ps. Lamb. fol. 199a. 25: 202a,
      • 27.
Etymology
[
Wyc. quyk:
Piers P. R. Brun. quik:
Chauc. quik, quick:
R. Glouc. quyc:
Laym. cwic, cwik, quic, quike:
Orm. cwicc, cwike:
Plat. quik, qwikk:
O. Sax. quik, quic:
Frs. quick:
O. Frs. quik:
Dut. kwik:
Kil. quick:
Ger. keck gay, brisk; quecksilber mercury:
M. H. Ger. quëc, këc:
O. H. Ger. quek, quik, chuech:
Goth. qius , gen. qiwis vivus:
Dan. quik:
Swed. kwick:
Icel. kwikr, kykr:
Lat. vivus alive; victum, supine of vivere to live:
Grk. βίος life:
Sansk. jiva vivus.
]
Derived forms
healf-cwic , sám-.
Linked entries
v.  cucon cucu cwicen cwicu cuic cweoc cwicu cwuc cwyc cuc.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “CWIC.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6957.

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