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kwag$1$ [*kwāg],, a) a round cake or large dumpling, kneaded together with chopped fish-livers and boiled; liver- [hwāgs]: Skelbre, flat and somewhat cup-shaped cakes made of oat- or barley-meal, baked with fish-livers between ( and : ). In also (in ) of two split, young coalfishes, pilteks, grilled with kneaded fish-livers and meal between, otherwise called “liver-pilteks”, and “liver-boats”. — The word is only noted down in the form [hwāg] on, where the  generally replaces . — Originally doubtless cake,  kaka, , “liver-” in sense 1 = livur-køka ( “køka” from kaka,, , : kǫku). The form  for * may be analogically formed after an older from *- in , , ( kǫku). w might, however, be due to  from v in the preceding “liver”.
 * b) in : (liver-), two
 * (*), arising by diphthongation

kwag$2$ [*kwāg], kwaga [*kwāga] and kwak [*kwāk],, stir, commotion, in the sea, dash of the waves ( in calm weather before wind or change of wind when it is veering), a k. i’ de sea; noted down in the forms a) [hwāg]: ; b)  [hwāga, χwāga]: [hw- (χw-)]; [χw-], and c),  [(hwāk) hwāχ]: — *kvak- (quake).  the use of kvakla, , l-derivative of *kvak-, to waves: to crest and break in meeting; to splash, ripple. The change k > g in  together with the ā-sound indicates the word to be old in , and not directly to be derived from  quake. — A form ,  [hwak] ,  a quaking, quivering, violent motion (up and down),  to soft, marshy ground, quagmire, “de grund is a’ [‘all’] in a ”, may, on the other hand, be  quake.

kwak$h$ [kwāk],, 1) to quiver, quake. 2) a) to creep, of a number of small, creeping animals, maggots, mites; b) to swarm,  of maggots, mites; de midden [hwāks] wi’ [mɩ̄ds] or [mēds], the dunghill swarms with maggots. — *kvaka, to be alive or in motion, to move, cognate with *kvika ( kvikna,, to quicken, come to life). The word is hardly to be derived directly from quake. See $h$,

kwak$w$, [kwāk],, to quack, of ducks; de duke [‘duck’]. The long a-sound indicates an origin from kvaka,, to chatter; quack; twitter (of birds); kvaka,, to quack.

kwakk, and, see , and

kwal$1$,, see ,

kwal$2$ [kwāl],, abatement of wind; a lull in rough weather, or in a storm; he is a k. i’ de wadder [‘weather’], -: and [hwāl]: and  uncommon. Edm.: quaal. — and kvale,, a light slumber, a swoon. See and ,

kwal [kwāl],, to wind: to abate, to calm. Also [hwāl]. uncommon. Edm.: quaal. *kval-. See further under the preceding word.

kwamm,, see ,

kwangi [kwaŋgi, hwaŋgi],, a non-prolific ram, see further under ,

kwar,, , see.

kwark,, the throat, narrow pass; see ,

kwarl-, see -.

kwarm,, see ,