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cwicen

  • adjective
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Grammar
cwicen, cwucen , cucen , cucon , cucun ; adj. [cwic alive, -en adj. termination]
Alive, quick ; vivus
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  • Hwá cwicenne me on ðysum ealdre fréfrade

    who comforted me quick [living] in this life,

    • Ps. Th. 118,
      • 82.

  • We ne mágon hátan deádne mon for cwucene

    we cannot call a dead man quick [living ],

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

  • Ðone cyning hí brohton cucenne to losue

    regem viventem obtulerunt Iosue,

    • Jos. 8, 23: Homl. Th. i. 294,
      • 15.

  • Gewylde man hine swá cucenne [cucunne MS. D: cwicne G.] swá deádne

    let them seize him whether alive or dead,

    • L. Edg. ii. 7
      • ;
    • Th. i. 268,
      • 18.

  • Ðæt he Wulfnóþ cuconne oððe deádne begytan sceolde

    that he should take Wulfnoth alive or dead,

    • Chr. 1009
      • ;
    • Erl. 142,
      • 3.

  • Genim cucunehrefn

    take a live crab,

    • L. M. 3,
      • 2;
    • Lchdm. ii. 306, 20,
      • 21.
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v.  cwucen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “cwicen.” 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/6962.

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