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*kwikkrepp [kwekrəp], sb., misery, want, lack of the necessities of life; to get k. Also *kwäkkrepp, -krupp [kwäkrəp, kwäkrop]. Fo. — Prob.: “*kvik-kreppr”, the first part of which is No. kvik, n., live-stock, cattle, the second part is No. krepp, m., a falling off in condition.

kwikn, kwikken [kwɩkən, kwekən], vb., 1) vb. a., to get the fire to blaze (by poking it), to k. op de fire. 2) vb. n., of the tide, esp. at the beginning of flood: to begin to run quicker, to increase; de tide kwikkens, is kwiknin. de kwiknin o’ de tide, the increase of the tide. — kwikn 2 is O.N. kvikna, vb. n., to quicken, to come to life; in sense 1 the word represents an older *kvika or (O.N.) kveikja, vb. a., to quicken, to kindle. With kwikn 2, and “kwiknin o’ de tide”, cf. Icel. kveikja, f., the increasing of the sea-current with the changing phases of the moon (qveikja: B.H.), prop. a quickening, kindling, O.N. kveikja, f.

kwilk¹, kwelk, vb., 1) vb. n., to move smartly; to jump, gambol; to k. aboot, to geng kwilkin aboot. Reported from N.I. with initial hw: hwilk (hwelk) [hw^ei‘lk: Uⁿ.; hwə‘lk: U. occas. and Y. (Yⁿ.); hwɛ‘ᶅk, hwɛi‘lk, hwæi‘lk: Fe.]. 2) vb. a., to snatch; pull; pluck (with a quick grasp); to k. op or ut. hwilk (hwelk) [hw^ei‘lk, hwei‘lk: U.; hwɛ‘ᶅk, hwɛi‘lk: Fe.; hwä‘ᶅk: Du.]. — Two different words? By kwilk 1 may be conceived a metathesis of an older *kwikl, derived from O.N. kvikr, adj., living; lively; cf. No. kvikra seg, to become livelier. In sense 2, possibly a hwilk which has arisen from an older *hulk or *holk; cf. hjolk, vb., to catch hold of cleverly.

kwilk², vb., see kwolk, vb.

kwilli, sb., 1) a bump, a bumped or blunt corner, e.g. of a basket, kessi, which has lost its shape. U^ba.: hwilli [hwɩli]. Poss. for *kulli (cf. kwiff, hwiff = kuff) and prop. denoting round top; protuberant knot, etc. See the syn. kolki (kulki), sb. 2) a small boat, a) a boat about ten feet in keel-length. U.; b) a small four-oared boat: Fe. Reported from both places in the form hwilli [hwəli], the same word as kwilli 1? Cf. Fær. kulla [kodla], f., a small, roundish hollow.

kwillin, sb., a young, non-prolific ram; a hermaphrodite. Wh.: hwillin [hwɩlin, hwəlin]. Prop., however, a stunt, a feeble wretch, and to be classed with O.N. kvelli (kvellisótt), kvelling, f., Icel. kvilli, f., delicate health, Icel. kvillaðr, adj., ailing, weak (qvillaðr: B.H.). See kwin², sb.

kwin¹, sb. and vb., see hwin.

kwin², kwini, sb., a stunt, hermaphrodite, esp. appl. to sheep: a non-prolific ram. Reported from Easts. and N.I. with initial hw: hwin [hwɩ̄^ən], hwini [hwi̇̄ni, hwɩ̄ni], hwen [hwē^ən]. L. and De.: hwin. Esh., Nm^w.: chwen [χwē^ən], chweni [χwē^əni]. Fe.: hwini. Y. (and Fe.): hwen. In Fe. also sometimes appl. to a non-prolific boar, a hwen-pig. Originally prob.: *kvín-. Cf. O.Eng. cwînan, Germ. quienen, vb., to pine away, to be ailing, No. kviast and vankviast, vb. refl., to pine, vankvia, f., an ill-thriven animal. See the foll. word, and cf. kwillin, sb.

kwingi [kweŋgi], sb., non-prolific ram or he-lamb. Wests. (Sa., Ai.). Partly also kwengi [kwɛŋgi] (St.), and kwangi [kwaŋgi, hwaŋgi] (Papa). — *kvink-? Cf. Sw. dial. kvinklig, adj., sickly, ailing, that wastes away (Sw. dial. and No. kvinka, vb., to whimper, in No. also: to talk in a feeble, piping voice), O.Frisian