kveðja

Related to kveða (“say”) and kvaðning (“summoning/addressing someone”). Either from or influenced by Old Norse kveða, from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną. Compare Faroese kvøða.

• 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

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• 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
2. (transitive with accusative) to welcome

• 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.