kvede

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Danish kvæde, from Middle Low German quēde, from Old Saxon *quidina, from Latin cydōnia. ==== Noun ==== kvede m (definite singular kveden, indefinite plural kveder, definite plural kvedene) quince (tree, fruit) === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Danish kvæde (ca. 1800), from Old Norse kvæði, related with the verb in etymology 3 below. In Danish itself, the form seems not to be inherited, but to have been borrowed either directly from the Old Norse or through another Scandinavian variety. ==== Noun ==== kvede n (definite singular kvedet, indefinite plural kveder, definite plural kveda or kvedene) alternative form of kvad (“poem”) === Etymology 3 === Inherited from Danish kvæde, from Old Norse kveða, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną (“to say”). ==== Verb ==== kvede (present tense kveder, past tense kvad, past participle kvedet) (higher register or poetic) to sing, chant, recite == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === kvæde === Etymology === From Old Norse kvæði. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²kveːə/ === Noun === kvede n (definite singular kvedet, indefinite plural kvede, definite plural kveda) poem an Old Norse poem ==== Synonyms ==== kvad ==== Derived terms ==== Draumkvedet eddakvede skaldekvede === References === “kvede” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.