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querken, v. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈkwɜːk(ə)n|
Forms: 5 querkyn, qwerken, -yn, 6 quarken, 7 quirk-, whirken, 8 dial. quacken, 9 dial. wirken, quocken, 5–6 (8–9 dial.) querken.
[= OFris. querka (mod. querke, quirke), ON. kvirkja, kyrkja (Da. kværke, kyrke), f. OFris. querk, ON. kverk (MSw. qvärk), OHG. querca throat.]
trans. To choke, suffocate, stifle. Hence ˈquerkening vbl. n.
c1440Promp. Parv. 420/2 Querkenyd, suffocatus. Querkenynge, suffocacio. Querkyn, idem quod quellyn. 1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 249 The bytternesse of sorowe querkynde & stopped..the virgins harte. 1540Palsgr. Acolastus H ij, I haue a throte bolle almoste strangled, snarled, or quarkennyd with extreme hunger. 1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirug., Maner exam. lazares, Q iv, Yf there apere any straytnes of breth as yf wolde querken [sic]. 1607T. Walkington Opt. Glass 124 It wil..send up such an ascending fome that it will bee ready to quirken and stifle vs. 1611Cotgr., Noyer, to drowne, to whirken, or stifle with water, etc. Ibid., Suffocation, a suffocation,..whirkening. 1783Lemon Eng. Etym., Querkened, sometimes written, and pronounced quackned. 1828Craven Gloss., Querkened, suffocated. 1848A. B. Evans Leicestersh. Words s.v., The wind was so high..that I was welly quockened. 1880in Cheshire Gloss. (1886), Wirken. |