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What is a Quadi?

What is a Quadi? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An ancient Germanic people who lived in Moravia
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In the third century Jordanes claims that the Marcomanni paid tribute to the Goths, and that the princes of the Quadi were enslaved.
After this victory the Marcomanni, the Quadi, as well as the rest of the barbarians, sued for peace.
The Anarti, together with the Celtic Cotini, are described by Tacitus as vassals of the powerful Quadi Germanic people.
The Quadi and the Marcomanni, who had taken the lead in the war, were the most severely punished in its catastrophe.
It is thought that this group probably contained a significant amount of Quadi, moving out of their homeland under pressure from Radagaisus.
Very likely, they had been in part the Boii, who were a strong force on the Danube until they encountered the Marcomanni and Quadi.

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