kvae
See also: kvåe
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse kváða.
Pronunciation
- /kva:`ə/
Noun
kvae m (definite singular kvaen, indefinite plural kvaer, definite plural kvaene)
References
- “kvae” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- (former official form; now non-standard) kvaa, kvåa, kvåe, kvaada, kvodu
- (Aasen) Kvaae, Kvoda (Kvoa, Kvo'u, Kvo, Ko, Kove, Kode)[1]
Etymology
From Old Norse kváða f.[2] Akin to Swedish kåda. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-, whence also English cud, German Kitt and Sanskrit जतु (jatu).
Noun
kvae f (definite singular kvaa, indefinite plural kvaer, definite plural kvaene)
References
- ^ Ivar Aasen lists entries on "Kvaae" and "Kvo(d)a" in his dictionary of 1850.
- ^ “kvae” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.