OriginFrom Old Swedish kvæþa, from Old Norse kveða, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-. Cognate with English quoth, Icelandic kveða.
- archaic, poeticto say, to tell
- archaic, poeticto express something in a poem
- archaic, poeticto sing
Formskväder(present) · kvad(preterite) · kvädit(supine) · kväd(imperative) · kväda(active, infinitive) · kvädas(infinitive, passive) · kvädit(active, supine) · kvädits(passive, supine) · kväd(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · kväden(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · kväder(active, indicative, present) · kvad(active, indicative, past) · kväds(indicative, passive, present) · kvädes(indicative, passive, present) · kvads(indicative, passive, past) · kväda(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · kvådo(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · kvädas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)