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kvæde

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See also: kväde

Danish

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Pronunciation

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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)
Declension
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Declension of kvæde
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvæde kvæden kvæder kvæderne
genitive kvædes kvædens kvæders kvædernes
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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
Conjugation
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Conjugation of kvæde
active passive
present kvæder kvædes
past kvad
infinitive kvæde kvædes
imperative kvæd
participle
present kvædende
past kvædet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund kvæden
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kvæði.

Pronunciation

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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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References

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