quedt

and n. [ME., also quede, queed, quead, quad, quaad, queth, II. n. 1. Evil; harm. = 4903 For to deme quike and dede He scal come to gode and quede . King Horn (E. E. T. S.), p. 121. 2. An evil person; especially, the evil one; the devil. A shrew; an evil person. Namly an eyre [heir] that ys a qued , That desyreth hys fadrys ded. MS . Harl . 1701, f. 42. ( Hall i well .) And lete me neuere falle in boondis of the queed ! Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 6.