qvikker (OSw) quikr (OGu) kvikr (ON) adj.

Legally significant contexts include tithes (paid in livestock), capital punishment (see below), and rights of inheritance, e.g. when a dying woman gave birth to a living child, the child was assigned a number (13) in the line of succession (ONorw GuL ch. 104).

alive OGu GL A 14, 18
ONorw GuL Løb, Arb
OSw UL Kkb, Äb, Mb, Blb, Rb
OSw VmL Kkb, Äb, Jb, Rb
cattle OSw UL Kkb
OSw VmL Kkb
living OSw UL Kkb, Äb, Mb, Kmb, Blb
OSw VmL Äb, Mb, Kmb, Bb
quick OSw UL Kkb
Expressions:

qvikker i iorþ gravas (OSw)

Burying alive as a capital punishment for women committing adultery, bigamy or theft exceeding a certain value, and for men committing bestiality. In the latter case it was specified that the plaintiff, i.e. the owner of the abused animal, was to act as executioner.

to be buried (in the ground) alive OSw DL Kkb HL Mb KrL Hb Tb MESt Tb

Refs:

KLNM s.v. dødsstraf