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484 *kwikkrepp [kwekrəp],, misery, want, lack of the necessities of life; to get k. Also *, - [kwäkrəp, kwäkrop]. — : “*kvik-kreppr”, the first part of which is kvik, , live-stock, cattle, the second part is krepp,, a falling off in condition.

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

kwilk$1$, kwelk,, 1) , to move smartly; to jump, gambol; to k. aboot, to geng  aboot. Reported from  with initial :  [hw$e$i‘lk: ; hwə‘lk:  and  ; hwɛ‘ᶅk, hwɛi‘lk, hwæi‘lk: ]. 2)  , to snatch; pull; pluck (with a quick grasp); to k. or. [hw$n$i‘lk, hwei‘lk: ; hwɛ‘ᶅk, hwɛi‘lk: words? By 1 may be conceived a metathesis of an older , living; lively;  kvikra seg, to become livelier. In sense 2, possibly a which has arisen from an older * or *; ,, to catch hold of cleverly.
 * hwä‘ᶅk: ]. — Two different
 * , derived from kvikr,

kwilk$n$,, see ,

kwilli,, 1) a bump, a bumped or blunt corner, of a basket, , which has lost its shape. : [hwɩli].  for * ( , = ) and  denoting round top; protuberant knot, See the  , 2) a small boat, a) a boat about ten feet in keel-length. ; b) a small four-oared boat: Reported from both places in the form [hwəli], the same word as 1? kulla [kodla], , a small, roundish hollow.

kwillin,, a young, non-prolific ram; a hermaphrodite. : [hwɩlin, hwəlin]. , however, a stunt, a feeble wretch, and to be classed with kvelli (kvellisótt), kvelling,, kvilli, , delicate health, kvillaðr,, ailing, weak (qvillaðr: B.H.). See $e$,

kwin$2$, and, see.

kwin$ba$, kwini,, a stunt, hermaphrodite, to sheep: a non-prolific ram. Reported from and with initial : [hwɩ̄$2$n], [hwi̇̄ni, hwɩ̄ni], [hwē$1$n]. and :. , [χwē$2$ni]. : . (and ): . In also sometimes to a non-prolific boar, a -pig. Originally : *kvín-. cwînan, quienen,, to pine away, to be ailing, kviast and vankviast,, to pine, vankvia, , an ill-thriven animal. See the word, and ,
 * [χwē$ə$n],

kwingi [kweŋgi],, non-prolific ram or he-lamb.. Partly also [kwɛŋgi] , and [kwaŋgi, hwaŋgi]. — *kvink-? kvinklig, , sickly, ailing, that wastes away ( and kvinka,, to whimper, in  also: to talk in a feeble, piping voice),