kveðja

From Old Norse kveðja, from Proto-Germanic *kwadjaną. Cognate with Faroese kvøðja.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰvɛðja/
• Rhymes: -ɛðja

kveðja f (genitive singular kveðju, nominative plural kveðjur)

1. a greeting, the action of saying hello or goodbye

   Fæ ég ekki einu sinni kveðju? ― Don't I even get a "hello"?

   Þetta er mín hinsta kveðja. ― This is my last goodbye.

2. regards, the action of sending good wishes to someone

   Ég skila kveðju til mömmu þinnar. ― Send my regards to your mother.

3. regards, a greeting at the end of a letter

   Kveðja, Gunna. ― With regards, Gunna.

   Kærar kveðjur, Jóhann. ― Best regards, Jóhann.

• skila kveðju
• kasta kveðju
• bera kveðju sína (to say hello to somebody for oneself, to give somebody one's best wishes)
• með kveðjum frá (with regards from)
• samúðarkveðja
• vanda ekki kveðjurnar
• kaldar kveðjurnar
• kærar kveðjur (“best regards”)

kveðja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kvaddi, supine kvatt)

1. (with accusative) to say goodbye, to take one's leave
2. (euphemistic) to die

   Hann kvaddi í gærmorgun eftir löng veikindi. ― He left this world yesterday morning after battling illness for long.

3. (with accusative) to summon

• kveðja til sín (to summon somebody)
• kveðja sér hljóðs (to take the floor)

From Proto-Germanic *kwadjaną.

kveðja (singular past indicative kvaddi, plural past indicative kvǫddu, past participle kvaddr)

1. (transitive with accusative) to call on, summon
   • 12th century, Anonymous, First Grammatical Treatise

     ef gęstrinn kvęðr dura, þá skyldi ęigi bóndinn dúra

     if the guest knocks on the door, then the farmer should not doze off

2. (transitive with accusative) to welcome

kv, (abbreviation, contraction)

• kveða
• kvæði

kveðja f (genitive kveðju)

1. a greeting, welcome, salutation

• Icelandic: kveðja

• kveðja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.