stríða

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See also: strida

Faroese[edit]

Verb[edit]

stríða (third person singular past indicative stríddi, third person plural past indicative strítt, supine strítt)

  1. to fight, to struggle

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of stríða (group v-3)
infinitive stríða
supine strítt
participle (a18)1 stríðandi stríddur
present past
first singular stríði stríddi
second singular stríðir stríddi
third singular stríðir stríddi
plural stríða stríddu
imperative
singular stríð!
plural stríðið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse stríða, from Proto-Germanic *strīdijaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

stríða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stríddi, supine strítt)

  1. to struggle
  2. to tease
    Hættustríða mér!
    Stop teasing me!
    Ekki stríða systur þinni.
    Don't tease your sister.

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Noun[edit]

stríða

  1. indefinite genitive plural of stríð

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Related to stríð.

Adjective[edit]

stríða

  1. inflection of stríðr:
    1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
    2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
    3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
    4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular
    5. positive degree weak neuter singular

Noun[edit]

stríða f (genitive stríðu)

  1. adversity
  2. hardness, austerity, severity
  3. strife

stríða n

  1. genitive plural of stríð n
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *strīdijaną. Cognate with English stride.

Verb[edit]

stríða

  1. (transitive, with dative) to harm
  2. to fight
Conjugation[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Icelandic: stríða
  • Faroese: stríða
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stri, stride
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stri, stride

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