kveddja
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Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse hvetja, from Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną.
Verb
[edit]kveddja (present tense kveddje, past tense kvegde, past participle kvegt, passive infinitive kveddjast, present participle kveddjande, imperative kvedd)
- (dialectal, Rogaland) alternative form of kvetje (“to whet”)
- 1956 September 4, “Mannen på Hognestad som lytta til hanekonserten for 100 år sidan”, in Jærbladet, page 3:
- Medan han kvegde ljåen høyrde han frå grannegardane at hanane tok til å gala.
- As he whet the scythe, he heard from the neighbouring farms that the roosters began to cry.
References
[edit]- Søyland, Aud, Søyland, Kåre (1993) Ord frå Gjesdal (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Gjesdal: Gjesdal mållag, pages 55-6
- Time, Tor (1986) Haurt saure (in Norwegian Nynorsk), [Bryne]: Time mållag, page 33
Categories:
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk dialectal terms
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