quart

adj

Etymology: Dialectal alteration of thwart.

1. Transverse.
2. Contentious or quarrelsome.

adv

Etymology: Dialectal alteration of thwart.

1. Crosswise; across.

name

1. A surname
2. A surname:

noun

Etymology: From Middle English quarte, querte, from Old Norse kyrt, *kvirt, neuter of Old Norse kyrr, kvirr (“quiet, still, peaceful”), from Proto-Germanic *kwerruz (“calm, satisfied, pacified”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₂- (“heavy”). Cognate with Scots quert, quart (“alive, in good health, sound”), Scots querty (“vivacious, active, in good spirits”), Danish kvær (“quiet”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvar, kvær, kverr (“still, quiet”), Icelandic kyrr (“still, calm, unmoving”).

1. Safety, soundness; health.

   “Now if ye felt your belly in ſuche caſe, that ye muſt be fayne al daye to tende it with warme clothes, oꝛ els ye were not able to abide the payne, would ye recken your belly ſicke oꝛ whole? I wene ye would recken your belly not in good quart.”

verb

Etymology: Dialectal alteration of thwart.

1. To thwart.