- cweccan
- \cweccan1 irreg wv/t1b to shake, swing, move, vibrate; shake off, give up [cwacian]
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
cweccan
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Quake — Quake, v. t. [Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See {Quake}, v. t.] To cause to quake. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Queach — Queach, v. i. [Cf. E. quich, v. i., quick, v. i.; or AS. cweccan to shake.] To stir; to move. See {Quick}, v. i. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cweaht — past participle of cweccan … Old to modern English dictionary
cwehte — past of cweccan … Old to modern English dictionary
quake — (v.) O.E. cwacian quake, tremble, chatter (of teeth), related to cweccan to shake, swing, move, vibrate, of unknown origin with no certain cognates outside English. Perhaps somehow imitative. Related: Quaked; quaking. The noun is attested from… … Etymology dictionary
quich — /kwich/ (Spenser) intransitive verb To stir, to move (also (obsolete or dialect) quatch, quetch or quitch) ORIGIN: OE cweccan to shake, causative of cwacian to quake * * * quich(e obs. forms of which … Useful english dictionary
