kveða

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kveða, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (compare Proto-Celtic *bet-lo- (mouth) in Old Irish bél). Cognate with Old English cweþan, Old Frisian qwetha, Old Saxon quethan, queþan, Old Dutch quethan (Middle Dutch quedden), Old High German quedan, Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (qiþan), Danish kvæde, Swedish kväda

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰvɛːða/
    Rhymes: -ɛːða

Verb

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

  1. to say
  2. to recite, to sing, to chant
  3. to compose, to write (a verse or song)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

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

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

kveða (singular past indicative bað, plural past indicative báðu, past participle beðinn)

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • kveðandi f

Descendants

References

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