Kvæde

Old Danish Dictionary - kvæde

Meaning of Old Danish word "Kvæde", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Kvæde can mean:

  • go.
  • 1) synge; then viisse,som bonden qwæder hos syn plog. P. Eliesen. 99; Iam quod dennem søa til. 2. Msb. 15: (Tavsen); huo der quæder viser, faar it ont hjerte. Ordspr.25.20; 2.Msb.82.13; Fsalme- divtn. I. 133b; de skulde rasbe oc qvæde. Vedel, Saxo. 385; cano, slunger, quæder. Colding, Etymol. 156; Steph., Nomencl. IL 175; hand faar end noget, der visen kvæder, P. Syv. I. 373, 248. Smlgo. isl. kveda samt afkvædet ovf. og om-, udkvæde ndf,— 9) kagle(før æglægning). MothSmlgn. Rietz;kwidå 2).

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚠᛅᚦᚽ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

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Abbreviations used:

go.
gærningsord (verbum).
g.
grad (gradus).
isl.
islandsk.
n.
norsk.

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