kveld

Icelandic

Alternative forms

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)

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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

Derived terms

References

Old Norse

Alternative forms

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
  • 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
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