strid
English
Etymology
See stride.
Noun
strid (plural strids)
- (UK, dialect, dated) A narrow passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be crossed at a stride.
- 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Howitt to this entry?)
- 1807, William Wordsworth, The Force of Prayer, 17-24:
Verb
strid
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “strid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
strid
- rough
- stridt græs (rough grass)
- rapid
- strid strøm (rapid water)
- stiff
- en strid storm (a stiff storm)
- stubborn
- Du er altså strid! (You're so stubborn!)
Inflection
Inflection of strid | |||
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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
Etymology 2
Noun
strid c (singular definite striden, not used in plural form)
Related terms
Etymology 3
See stride (“to fight, struggle”).
Verb
strid
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
strid m (definite singular striden, indefinite plural strider, definite plural stridene)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
strid
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
strid m (definite singular striden, indefinite plural stridar, definite plural stridane)
Etymology 2
Adjective
strid (neuter stridt, definite singular and plural stride, comparative stridare, indefinite superlative stridast, definite superlative stridaste)
- Alternative form of stri
References
- “strid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
strid
- rapid, swift, rich (of a stream or rain)
- hugade spekulanter anmälde sig i en strid ström
- interested buyers arrived in a rapid flow
- hugade spekulanter anmälde sig i en strid ström
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
Noun
strid c
Declension
Declension of strid | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | strid | striden | strider | striderna |
Genitive | strids | stridens | striders | stridernas |
Related terms
Verb
strid
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of strida.
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