kväde

See also: kvæde

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish kvæþe, from Old Norse kvæði, from Proto-Germanic *kwēþiją.

Noun

kväde n

  1. lay, poem, song (used mostly in reference to Old Norse poetry)
    Hon citerade ofta ur Kvädet om Hymer.
    She often quoted from The Lay of Hymir.
    • 1993, Björn Collinder, transl., “Inledning [Introduction]”, in Den poetiska Eddan [The Poetic Edda]‎[1], Bokförlaget Forum, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Lunds universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 11 September 2025, page 14:
      Stundom har [Snorre] återgivit kvädenas innehåll nästan ordagrant.
      At times, Snorri has recounted the content of the poems almost word for word.
    • 2016, Lars Lönnroth, transl., “Inledning [Introduction]”, in Den poetiska Eddan [The Poetic Edda], Atlantis, →ISBN, page 16:
      Några eddadikter – framför allt Harbardskvädet och Lokes smädelser – innehåller grovheter.
      Some Eddic poems – especially The Lay of Harbard and Loki's Taunts – contain coarse language.

Declension

Declension of kväde
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kväde kvädes
definite kvädet kvädets
plural indefinite kväden kvädens
definite kvädena kvädenas

References

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