kvæde

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See also: kväde

Danish

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Etymology 1

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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

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kvæde c (singular definite kvæden, plural indefinite kvæder)

  1. quince (the tree Cydonia oblonga)
  2. quince (the fruits from the tree Cydonia oblonga)
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Etymology 2

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

Verb

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kvæde (past tense kvad, past participle kvædet)

  1. (dated) to chant, sing
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kvæði.

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Noun

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

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of kvede

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