(? a. and) adv. Sc. rare. [Cf. Norw. dial. kvidra to dart about.] Only in phr. quick and quidder, quickly, forthwith.
In first quot. perh. as adj. = ‘alive and lively.’
1633. Fife Witch-Trial, in Statist. Acc. Scotl., XVIII. 658. He gave her, soul and body, quick and quidder full to the devil.
1866. Edmondston, Gloss. Shetl. & Orkn., Quick-and-Quidder, swiftly, quickly.
