> From Cleasby-Vigfusson:
>
> "in mod. usage kveða is used of the rhapsodic delivery of a ballad
> (ríma), half reciting half singing, thus Icel. say, kveða rímur, to
> recite a ballad, as also kveða vel, to recite, sing well; hann er
> góðr kvæða-maðr, he is a good ballad-singer, but never of a hymn or
> full melody"
>
> My question:
>
> Is there anywhere on the internet where I could hear such a thing?
There's plenty of it here:
http://ismus.musik.is/
There's even an English version of the web page :)
Kveðja,
Haukur