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cwicu

  • adjective
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Grammar
cwicu, cwico, cucu = cue; nom. acc. m. f. n; pl. nom. acc. m. f. n. cwicu, cwico, cucu; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§42; §103; §232; §439;
Alive, quick ; vivus
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  • Cwicu

    alive, nom. m.

    • Ps. Th. 118,
      • 93.

  • Cwico wæs ic

    I was living,

    • Exon. 125a
      • ;
    • Th. 482,
      • 1;
    • Rä. 66, 1: Beo. Th. 6178
      • ;
    • B. 3093
      • .

  • Cucu

    vivas,

    • Wrt. Voc. 85,
      • 56.

  • Samson miccle má on his deáþe acwealde, ðonne he ǽr cucu dyde

    Samson multo plures interfecit moriens, quam ante vivus occiderat,

    • Jud. 16, 30: Boutr. Scrd. 18, 11: Homl. Th. i. 52, 20: ii. 212, 33: Cod. Dipl. 897
      • ;
    • Kmbl. iv. 233, 5,
      • 13.

  • Ne sécþ seó cucu [turtle] nǽfre hire óðerne gemacan

    the quick [living turtle-dove] never seeks to itself another mate,

    • Homl. Th. i. 142,
      • 14.

  • Heó sóna cucu arás

    she instantly arose alive,

    ii.
    • 26,
      • 32.

  • Gif hit cucu [cwicu MS. G.] feoh wǽre

    if it were live cattle,

    • L. Alf. 28
      • ;
    • Th. i. 52,
      • 1.

  • Ǽlc þing ðe cucu byþ

    everything which is alive;animal,

    • Wrt. Voc. 78,
      • 50.

  • Ic hæfde ferþ cwicu

    I had a soul alive,

    • Exon. 126b
      • ;
    • Th. 487,
      • 21;
    • Rä. 73,
      • 5.

  • Ic hæfde feorh cwico

    I had a soul alive,

    • 103b
      • ;
    • Th. 392,
      • 11;
    • Rä. 11, 6: 104a
      • ;
    • Th. 394,
      • 14;
    • Rä. 14,
      • 3.

  • Teón ða wæteru forþ swimmende cynn cucu on lífe

    producant aquæ reptile animæ viventis,

    • Gen. 1, 20: Ex. 22,
      • 4.

  • Hí cwico nǽron

    they were not alive,

    • Exon. 24b
      • ;
    • Th. 69,
      • 36;
    • Cri. 1131
      • .

  • Cwicu

    quick [living], pl. nom. n.

    • Ps. Th. 108,
      • 24.

  • Cwicu

    quick [living], pl. acc. m.

    • 87,
      • 18.

  • He clifu cyrreþ on cwicu wæteres wellan

    he turnelh the rocks to quick [living] springs of water,

    • 113,
      • 8.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “cwicu.” 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/6972.

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