From Old Swedish qviþer (“belly, stomach, womb”), from Old Norse kviðr, from Proto-Germanic *kweþuz. Cognate with Icelandic kviður, Old English cwiþ, Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (qiþus).

kved c or n

1. (archaic) synonym of livmoder (“womb, uterus”)

• utomkvedshavandeskap

kved

1. preterite of kvida

• “kved”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• kved in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)