kvæde

See also: kväde

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkvɛːðə/, [ˈkʰʋ̥ɛːð̩].
  • Rhymes: -ɛːdə

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German quede (“quince”), from Latin cydōnium (quidōnium), from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον μῆλον (kudṓnion mêlon), lit. "apples from the city of Kydonia" (modern Chania on Crete). Compare also German Quitte (hence Swedish kvitten). English quince comes via French coing from a different Latin form, cotōneum.

Noun

kvæde c (singular definite kvæden, plural indefinite kvæder)

  1. quince (the tree Cydonia oblonga)
  2. quince (the fruits from the tree Cydonia oblonga)
Declension
Declension of kvæde
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvæde kvæden kvæder kvæderne
genitive kvædes kvædens kvæders kvædernes
Derived terms
  • kvædete
  • kvædetræ

References

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kveða, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną (“to say”), cognate with English quoth (“said”), Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (qiþan, “to say”).

Verb

kvæde (past tense kvad, past participle kvædet)

  1. (dated) to chant, sing
Conjugation
Inflection of kvæde
present past
simple kvæder kvad
perfect har kvædet havde kvædet
passive kvædes —
participle kvædende kvædet
imperative kvæd —
infinitive kvæde —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund kvæden —
Derived terms
  • halvkvædet

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kvæði.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²kveːə/

Noun

kvæde n (definite singular kvædet, indefinite plural kvæde, definite plural kvæda or kvædi)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of kvede

Derived terms
  • Draumkvædet
  • eddakvæde
  • skaldekvæde

References
  • “kvæde” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
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