Inherited from Danish kvæde, from Middle Low German quēde, from Old Saxon *quidina, from Latin cydōnia.

kvede m (definite singular kveden, indefinite plural kveder, definite plural kvedene)

1. quince (tree, fruit)

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.

kvede n (definite singular kvedet, indefinite plural kveder, definite plural kveda or kvedene)

1. alternative form of kvad (“poem”)

Inherited from Danish kvæde, from Old Norse kveða, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną (“to say”).

kvede (present tense kveder, past tense kvad, past participle kvedet)

1. (higher register or poetic) to sing, chant, recite

• kvæde

From Old Norse kvæði.

• IPA^(key): /²kveːə/

kvede n (definite singular kvedet, indefinite plural kvede, definite plural kveda)

1. poem
2. an Old Norse poem

• kvad

• Draumkvedet
• eddakvede
• skaldekvede

• “kvede” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.