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2kveða v (acc) (kvað, kváðu, kveðið)

1. (segja) say
hún kvað svo vera
she said it was so
hann kvað vera farinn
he is said to have left
2. (yrkja) compose
3. (syngja) chant, intone
4. refl say of oneself
hún kvaðst ætla að gera það
she said she would do it
5. phrases
~ á um e-ð
lay down, pronounce
hann kvað svo að orði
he expressed himself in this way
~ fast að orði
word sth strongly
láta að sér ~
assert oneself, play a big role
það kveður mikið að þessu
it is much in evidence
~ niður orðróm
quash a rumor
~ við
resound
~ upp dóm
pronounce judgment/(UK) judgement, pass sentence
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