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with äi-sound: hwäi and (esp. on Wests.) kwäi. de Hwäis: Easts., N.I., M^m. occas.; de Hwäis o’ Katfirt’ (N.). In M^m. “hwäi” alternating with “kwäi”. de Kwäis: Wd., Conn. and several other places. As the second part of compd. the forms “kwi, hwi, wi, vi” alternate with “kwäi, hwäi”. Vestkwi [væskwi̇̄] (W.): *vest(r)-kví. Hulshwi [hulshwi] (Hul, N.Roe): *hóls-kví. Helnahwi [hɛl··nahwi·] (Klebergswick, U.): *hellna-kví. Grøt(k)wi [grøtwi] (W.): *grjót-kví. Watnhwi [watwi] (Haroldswick, Uⁿ.); Vatnshvi [vatᶊvɩ] (Br.) and Vatnshwei [vatshwæi] (Colvidale, U^e.), near water, lakes: *vatn-kví and *vatns-kví respectively. With äi, e.g.: Okrekwäi [ɔkre-] (W., Conn.): *akra-kví; Fogrekwäi [fɔgre-] (Snaraness, Sa^e.): *fagra kví; Kulfahwäi [ko‘lfa-] (Haroldswick, Uⁿ.): *kalfa (*kálfa)-kví; Nordrahwäi [nɔrdra-] and Evrahwäi [ɛvra-] (Y^m.): *nyrðra and *øfra (*efra) kví respectively. As the first part Hwi- in “de Hwilands [hwi̇̄len(d)s, -lən(d)s]” (Skollan and Virki, Du.); Hwines [hwi̇̄nes]: L.; on the other hand “Hwäines [hwäines]”: W. Isle, Sk. See Shetl. Stedn. pp. 125—126. — O.N. kví, f., a fold, enclosure for cattle.

kwid and kwider, sb., see hwid and hwider, sbs.

*kwid-, adj., white, see *hwid, adj.

kwiff, sb., a blow; thrust; push; a box on the ear; reported from Fe. in the forms hwiff [hwɩf, hwif] and hwiffi [hwɩfi]. kwiff is a parallel form to †kuf(f), sb. For the sound-combination “wi” see the foll. word.

kwiff, vb., to bustle about, to move nimbly. Reported from N.Sh. (Nm. and N.I.) in the form hwiff [hwɩf: Nm.; hwif]; to hwiff aboot, to geng hwiffin aboot de hoose (Nm.): in the doing of various trifles. Parallel form to kuff. Cf. the Nor-

wegian derivative forms from *kuf-: kufsa and kufta, vb., to bustle, run about. For the relation of change between “u” and “wi” in Shetl. cf. No. “kufs” and “kvifs, kvifsen”, adj., confused by being startled or surprised, prop. that makes a sudden movement or gives a start; further No. “kvifs” in “kvifsalda”, f., a big wave cresting suddenly and breaking.

kwig, sb. and vb., see hwig.

kwiga, kwigga [kwɩga, kwega], sb., quickgrass, triticum repens. kw-: Conn. and Wests. hwiga, hwigga [hwɩga (hwega)]: Easts.; Nm.; N.I. — No. kvika, f., Sw. qvicka, qvickrot, id. — A form kig(g)a [ᶄega], reported from Fo., may spring from a *kyka = *kvika.

kwikk [kwɩk (kwek)], adj., prop. living, reported in sense of swarming, teeming, appl. to a swarm of small animals, vermin; teeming with (small animals, vermin, in motion); hwikk [hwɩk (hwek)]: N.I. “I’m seen de grund hwikk [hwɩk] wi’ hondiklokks”, I have seen the ground alive (moving) with nasicornous beetles. Y^h. — O.N. kvikr, adj., living, lively; skríða kvikr, to swarm.

kwikk [kwɩk, kwek], adv., in the expr. “k. and kwider [kwɩdər]”, suddenly disappeared (Wests.); see hwikk, adv.

kwikkins [kwɩkins, kwekɩns], sb. pl., immature grains of corn mingled with husks which, by sifting (fl(j)ogin or rinnin, winnowin’), are separated from the fully ripened corn, as the husks and the immature corn, in winnowing, drift before the wind. kwikkins and hwikkins: Wests. (Sa.). Prob. from O.N. kvikr, adj., in sense of easily moved, prop. living. See afraains, afrarins, afrinnins, fl(j)ogins (affljogins), rødins (afrødins).

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