kvad

From kvæde (“to chant, sing”).

• IPA^(key): /kvad/, [kʰvað]

kvad n (singular definite kvadet, plural indefinite kvad)

1. lay, song

• kvad on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

See kvæde (“to chant, sing”).

• IPA^(key): /kvaːd/, [kʰvæːˀð], [kʰvæðˀ]

kvad

1. past of kvæde

From Danish kvad, constructed from the verb kvæde.

• IPA^(key): /kʋɑːd/

kvad n (definite singular kvadet, indefinite plural kvad, definite plural kvada or kvadene)

1. poem
2. an Old Norse poem

• kvede

• eddakvad
• skaldekvad

• “kvad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Danish kvad, constructed from the verb kvæde.

• IPA^(key): /kʋɑː/
• Homophone: kva

kvad n (definite singular kvadet, indefinite plural kvad, definite plural kvada)

1. alternative form of kvede (“poem”)

• kvede

• eddakvad
• skaldekvad

• “kvad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

kvad

1. past indicative of kväda

kvad n

1. (poetic) synonym of kväde
   • 1896, Gustaf Fröding, “Drömmar i Hades [Dreams in Hades]”, in Stänk och flikar [Splashes and spray]‎^[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 10 September 2025:

     [Halvkristen] gnostisk magi, som fjärran ur Östern stammar, völvornas kvad och druidisk visdom, som sökt i de dolda djupen de vises sten, fyllde med syner min kammar[e].

     Semi-Christian Gnostic magic from the distant East, the poems of the völvas, and the wisdom of the druids, searching for the philosopher's stone in hidden depths, filled my chamber with visions.

• kvad in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

kvad (nominative plural kvads)

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