qued

• quede, queed, quaad

From Old English *cwēad, *cwǣd (“evil, bad”), from Proto-Germanic *kwēdaz (“bad, ugly”) (whence also Old English cwæþ (“dung; excrement”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷēdh- (“muck, excrement, dung, filth, disgust, vermin”).

Cognate with Old Frisian quād (“bad, evil”), whence Saterland Frisian kwood (“evil; bad”), West Frisian kwea. Also cognate with Dutch kwaad (“evil, bad”), German Low German quaad (“bad; evil; sinful; mean; angry”), Middle High German quāt (“evil; bad”).

Related also to Old English cwēad (“dung; dirt; filth”, noun), Old Frisian quāt (“dung; manure”), Middle Low German quāt (“dirt; filth”), German Kot (“dung; feces; filth; muck”).

qued

1. bad; evil [from the 13th c.]
   • Ludus Coventriae (ante 1475)

     The body that was heavy as lead, be the Jews never so qued, A-riseth from grave..

   • Sidrak and Bokkus (ante 1500)

     Young and old, good and qued.

qued (uncountable)

1. evil; harm; wickedness [from the 13th c.]
2. an evil person or being, especially the devil