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

kwid and kwider,, see and ,


 * kwid-,, white, see *,

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

kwiff,, to bustle about, to move nimbly. Reported from ( and ) in the form [hwɩf: ; hwif]; to aboot, to geng aboot de hoose : in the doing of various trifles. Parallel form to. the Norwegian Nor- wegian derivative forms from *kuf-: kufsa and kufta,, to bustle, run about. For the relation of change between “u” and “wi” in  “kufs” and “kvifs, kvifsen”, , confused by being startled or surprised, that makes a sudden movement or gives a start; further “kvifs” in “kvifsalda”,, a big wave cresting suddenly and breaking.

kwig, and, see.

kwiga, kwigga [kwɩga, kwega], , quickgrass, triticum repens. -: and , [hwɩga (hwega)]: ; ; — kvika,,  qvicka, qvickrot, — A form [ᶄega], reported from, may spring from a *kyka = *kvika.

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

kwikk [kwɩk, kwek],, in the “k. and [kwɩdər]”, suddenly disappeared ; see ,

kwikkins [kwɩkins, kwekɩns], , immature grains of corn mingled with husks which, by sifting ( or, winnowin’), are separated from the fully ripened corn, as the husks and the immature corn, in winnowing, drift before the wind. and : . from  kvikr, , in sense of easily moved, living. See, , , , . 31*