kveld

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• kvöld (common)

Etymology

From Old Norse kveld, from Proto-Germanic *kweldą, *kwildiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰvɛlt]

  Rhymes: -ɛlt

Noun

kveld n (genitive singular kvelds, nominative plural kveld)

1. (archaic or poetic) evening

   Synonym: aftann

   • Genesis 1:31 (Icelandic Bible, New International Version)

     Og Guð leit allt, sem hann hafði gjört, og sjá, það var harla gott. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn sjötti dagur.

     God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Declension

Declension of kveld (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kveld	kveldið	kveld	kveldin
accusative	kveld	kveldið	kveld	kveldin
dative	kveldi	kveldinu	kveldum	kveldunum
genitive	kvelds	kveldsins	kvelda	kveldanna

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kveld, from Proto-Germanic *kweldą, *kwildiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋɛlː/

Noun

kveld m (definite singular kvelden, indefinite plural kvelder, definite plural kveldene)

1. evening

   Ha en fin kveld.

   Have a nice evening.

   ta en tidlig kveld - have an early night (go to bed earlier than usual)

Synonyms

• aften

Derived terms

• i kveld
• kveldssol
• kveldstur

References

• “kveld” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kveld, from Proto-Germanic *kweldą, *kwildiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋɛlː/, /kʋɛld/

Noun

kveld m (definite singular kvelden, indefinite plural kveldar, definite plural kveldane)

1. an evening

Synonyms

• aftan, eftan

Derived terms

• i kveld
• kvelda (“to end the day, to approach night time”)
• kvelding
• kveldsol, kveldssol
• kveldsmat
• kveldstur
• ta kvelden (“hit the hay, end the day”)

References

• “kveld” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• kveldr, kvøld — later form

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kweldą, *kwildiz. Akin to Old English cwild (“downfall, death”), cwyldtīd (“evening”), Old High German quiltiwerc (“evening work”), dialectal German Kilt. Originally literally “the quelling [of day]”, and exists also in the form kveld dags, usually with the preposition at: at kveldi dags (originally literally “at the end or quelling of the day”, hence “in the evening”). Related to kvelja, Old English cwellan, English quell, kill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwɛld/

Noun

kveld n (genitive kvelds, plural kveld)

1. evening

   Synonym: aptann

Declension

Declension of kveld (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kveld	kveldit	kveld	kveldin
accusative	kveld	kveldit	kveld	kveldin
dative	kveldi	kveldinu	kveldum	kveldunum
genitive	kvelds	kveldsins	kvelda	kveldanna

Derived terms

• affarakveld n (“the last evening of a fiest”)
• aptankveld n (“evening”)
• dróttinsdagskveld n (“Sunday evening”)
• dróttinskveld n (“Sunday evening”)
• frjádagskveld n (“Friday evening”)
• frjákveld n (“Friday evening”)
• gærkveld n (“yesterday evening”)
• jólakveld n (“Yule-eve”)
• kvelda (“to become evening”)
• kveldlangt (“all the evening”)
• kveldligr (“pertaining to the evening”)
• kveldmál n (“eventide”)
• kveldmáltíð f (“supper”)
• kveldriða f (“night-hag”)
• kveldseta f (“sitting up late”)
• kveldsvæfr (“inclined to sleep in the evening”)
• kveldsǫngr m (“evensong, vespers”)
• kveldtími m (“eventide”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: kveld n, kvöld n
• Faroese: kvøld n
• Norwegian Bokmål: kveld m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kveld m
• Old Swedish: quälder m, quäld n, quöld n
  • Swedish: kväll c, in dialects also kväller c, kvöld n
• Old Danish: kwæld
  • Danish: kvæld c (before and in dialects also n)

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kveld”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• “kveld” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
• “kveldr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen