kveðja

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

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

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 someone for oneself, to give someone 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. 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. to summon

• kveðja til sín (“to summon someone”)
• kveðja sér hljóðs (“to take the floor”)

From Proto-Germanic *kwadjaną.

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

1. 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. to welcome

kv, (abbreviation, contraction)

• kveða
• kvæði

kveðja f (genitive kveðju)

1. a greeting, welcome, salutation

• Icelandic: kveðja

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kveðja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 253; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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