kveld
Icelandic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse kveld, from Proto-Germanic *kweldą, *kwildiz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkveld n (genitive singular kvelds, nominative plural kveld)
- (archaic or poetic) evening
- 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.
- Og Guð leit allt, sem hann hafði gjört, og sjá, það var harla gott. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn sjötti dagur.
- Genesis 1:31 (Icelandic Bible, New International Version)
Declension
editSynonyms
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse kveld, from Proto-Germanic *kweldą, *kwildiz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkveld m (definite singular kvelden, indefinite plural kvelder, definite plural kveldene)
- evening
- Ha en fin kveld.
- Have a nice evening.
- ta en tidlig kveld - have an early night (go to bed earlier than usual)
- Ha en fin kveld.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- “kveld” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse kveld, from Proto-Germanic *kweldą, *kwildiz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkveld m (definite singular kvelden, indefinite plural kveldar, definite plural kveldane)
- an evening
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- 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
edit- “kveld” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editkveld n (genitive kvelds, plural kveld)
Declension
editSynonyms
editDerived terms
edit- 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”)
- kveldmáltíð f (“supper”)
- kveldmál n (“eventide”)
- kveldriða f (“night-hag”)
- kveldseta f (“sitting up late”)
- kveldsvæfr (“inclined to sleep in the evening”)
- kveldsǫngr m (“evensong, vespers”)
- kveldtími m (“eventide”)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: kveld n, kvöld n
- Faroese: kvøld n
- Norwegian Bokmål: kveld m
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kveld m
- Old Swedish: quälder m, quäld n, quöld n
- Old Danish: kwæld
- Danish: kvæld c (before and in dialects also n)
References
edit- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛlt
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛlt/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic neuter nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Icelandic terms with archaic senses
- Icelandic poetic terms
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷelH-
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse neuter nouns
- Old Norse neuter a-stem nouns