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kveða

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See also: kveda

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kveða, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.

Pronunciation

Verb

kveða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative kvað, third-person plural past indicative kváðu, supine kveðið)

  1. to say
    Synonym: segja
  2. to recite, to sing, to chant
    Synonym: syngja
  3. to compose, to write (a verse or song)
    Synonym: yrkja

Conjugation

More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...

Derived terms

  • kveða við (to resound)
  • kveða upp dóm (to pass sentence)
  • ákveða (to decide)
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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kweþaną (to say), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (to say, speak).

Verb

kveða (singular past indicative kvað, plural past indicative kváðu, past participle kveðinn)

  1. to say
  2. to utter
  3. to recite

Conjugation

More information infinitive, present participle ...
More information infinitive, present participle ...

Derived terms

  • kveðandi f
  • kveðja (a greeting, welcome, salutation, noun)
  • kveðja (to call on, summon; to welcome, verb)
  • kviða (a ballad, narrative poem)
  • kviðja (to banish, to forbid)
  • kviðjan (banishment, a ban)
  • kviðlingr (ditty)
  • kviðr (verdict; inquest, jury; saying, word)
  • kvæði (a poem, song)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kveða
  • Faroese: kvøða
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kveda
  • Old Swedish: kvæþa
  • Danish: kvæde

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “kveða”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 252; also available at the Internet Archive
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