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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)
- to say
- Synonym: segja
- to recite, to sing, to chant
- Synonym: syngja
- to compose, to write (a verse or song)
- Synonym: yrkja
Conjugation
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
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)
Conjugation
Derived terms
- kveðandi f
Related terms
Descendants
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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