strid

See also: Strid and stríð

English

The Strid, a crossing of the River Wharfe

Etymology

From Middle English stryd, a byform of stryde, stride. See stride (noun). The noun term comes from the appearance that the river may be crossable with a stride.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɹɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɪd

Noun

strid (plural strids)

1. (UK, Northern England, dated) A narrow passage between a gorge or chasm.
   • 1807, William Wordsworth, The Force of Prayer, 17-24:

     The pair have reached that fearful chasm,

     How tempting to bestride!

     For lordly Wharf is there pent in

     With rocks on either side.

     This striding-place is called THE STRID,

     A name which it took of yore:

     A thousand years hath it borne that name,

     And shall a thousand more.

   • 1862 August – 1863 March, Charles Kingsley, “(please specify the page)”, in The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby, London, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., published 1863, →OCLC:

     On through narrow strids and roaring cataracts, where Tom was deafened and blinded for a moment by the rushing waters

Verb

strid

1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of stride

References

• “strid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• dirts, distr.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /striːd/, [sd̥ʁiðˀ]
• Rhymes: -id

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stríðr.

Adjective

strid

1. rough

   stridt græs (rough grass)

2. rapid

   strid strøm (rapid water)

3. stiff

   en strid storm (a stiff storm)

4. stubborn

   Du er altså strid! (You're so stubborn!)

Inflection

Inflection of strid
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	strid	stridere	stridest2
Indefinite neuter singular	stridt	stridere	stridest2
Plural	stride	stridere	stridest2
Definite attributive1	stride	stridere	strideste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

• i stride strømme

Etymology 2

From Old Norse stríð.

Noun

strid c (singular definite striden, not used in plural form)

1. quarrel, conflict, strife

Related terms

• stridbar
• stride
• stridig
• stridslysten

Etymology 3

See stride (“to fight, struggle”).

Verb

strid

1. imperative of stride

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɾiːd/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stríð.

Noun

strid m (definite singular striden, indefinite plural strider, definite plural stridene)

1. battle, fight, struggle
2. conflict, controversy, dispute, disagreement, quarrel

Derived terms

• stridshode
• stridsvogn

Etymology 2

Verb

strid

1. imperative of stride

References

• “strid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “strid” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stríð n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /striː/, /striːd/
• Homophone: stri

Noun

strid m (definite singular striden, indefinite plural stridar, definite plural stridane)

1. a struggle, fight

Noun

strid f (definite singular stida or stridi, indefinite plural strider, definite plural stridene)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of stri

Etymology 2

Adjective

strid (neuter stridt, definite singular and plural stride, comparative stridare, indefinite superlative stridast, definite superlative stridaste)

1. Alternative form of stri

References

• “strid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːd

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stríðr.

Adjective

strid

1. rapid, swift, rich (of a stream or rain)

   hugade spekulanter anmälde sig i en strid ström

   interested buyers arrived in a rapid flow

Declension

Inflection of strid
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	strid	stridare	stridast
Neuter singular	stritt	stridare	stridast
Plural	strida	stridare	stridast
Masculine plural3	stride	stridare	stridast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	stride	stridare	stridaste
All	strida	stridare	stridaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish stridh, from Old Norse stríð.

Noun

strid c

1. a fight, a battle, a quarrel

Declension

Declension of strid
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	strid	striden	strider	striderna
Genitive	strids	stridens	striders	stridernas

Related terms

• närstrid
• sjöstrid
• strida
• stridshjälm
• stridsvagn
• stridsyxa

Verb

strid

1. imperative of strida

Further reading

• strid in Svensk ordbok.