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Quaint, adj. RG. 408, 412, 566; [koweynte]. Body and Soul, 10. Fr. coint
Quaintance, sb. == acquaintance. Alys. 6173
Quaintise, sb. == device. RG. 19
Quaintly, adv. RG. 28
Quake, v. n. RG. 132, 336; pret. ‘qwoke.’ Ps. xiii. 5
Quaking, sb. == fear. RG. 336. Ps. ii. 11
Qual, == whale, q. v.
Qualm, sb. == destruction. RG. 378. AS. cwealm
—— v. a. == annoy. Ps. xxxvi. 14
Quarrel, sb. == arrow. RG. 491, 537. Fr. quarel
Quarry, adj. == square. RG. 412. Fr. carré
Quarry, sb. == a place whence stone is excavated. RG. 412. Fr. carriere
Quart, sb. == a measure. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Quarter, sb. (of a man’s body). Pol. S. 213
Quash, v. a. [cwesse]. O. and N. 1386. Fr. quasser. AS. cwysan
Queche, v. n. == make a disturbance. Alys. 4747. See the Prompt. Parv. s. v. Qvycchyn. AS. cwecian
Qued, adj. == wicked. Alys. 5619. Dut. kwaad
—— sb. == the devil. RG. 314. Rel. S. v. 225
—— == evil. Alys. 4237. Body and Soul, 243
Quede, sb. == bequest. Alys. 8020
Quednes, sb. == wickedness. Ps. c. 7
Queen, sb. RG. 368
Quell, v. a. RG. 38, 499. AS. cwellan
Queller, sb. St Kath. 247
Quelling, sb. == destruction. RG. 296
Queme, adj. == agreeable. HD. 130. AS. cweman
—— v. a. == please. Wright’s L. P. p. 25. O. and N. 209
—— v. n. [icweme] == be pleased, satisfied. K. Horn, 497
Queming, sb. == pleasure. Ps. cxlvi. 10
Quenching, sb. Fragm. Sci. 164.
Quern, sb. == a mill. Pilate, 5. AS. cwéorn
Quert, adj. == joyful. Ps. vii. 11. Fr. cœur, queor. Cf. our own ‘hearty’ and ‘in good heart’
—— sb. == joy. Ps. lxiii. 11; lxxxviii. 27
Quethe, v. n. == speak, say. [iquethe]. O. and N. 502. 3 s. pres. ‘quath.’ RG. 435; part. ‘icwede.’ O. and N. 1651. AS. cwéðan
Quibibe, sb. == cubeb. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. Alys. 6796
Quick, adj. == swift. RG. 369, 387. AS. cwic
—— == alive. RG. 289
Quicken, v. a. Ps. lxxxiv. 7
Quickly, adv. RG. 383
Quide, sb. == a saying. O. and N. 685. AS. cwide
Quilt, sb. [cowlte]. Body and Soul, 15
Quinre, sb. == an unknown animal. Alys. 5609
Quire, sb. (of a church). RG. 534
Quiste, sb. == bequest. HD. 219
Quistron, sb. == scullion. Alys. 2511. Fr. questron, quistoun
Quit, adj. == free from, released. RG. 392, 522
—— v. a. == leave. Rel. S. vii. 75
Quite, v. a. == pay, requite. Pol. S. 71
Quithe, v. a. == promise, grant? Marg. 72. AS. cwéðan?
Quiture, sb. == care, release. RG. 435