striden

Danish

Noun

striden c

1. definite singular of strid

Low German

Alternative forms

• strieden

Etymology

From Middle Low German strîden, Old Saxon strīdan. Cognate with Dutch strijden, English stride and German streiten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɾiːdn̩/
• (central Brandenburg, Prussia) IPA^(key): /ʃtɾiːdn̩/

Verb

striden

1. (intransitive) to fight, to argue, to quarrel

   De Bröders striden den helen Dag.

   The brothers are fighting the whole day.

2. (intransitive) to roam, to stride

   De Tiger stridet dörch dat Dal.

   The tiger strides through the vale.

3. (intransitive) to fight against someone with arms; to fight in military form; to battle for something; to combat against something/someone

   De Buern striden för er Hölter.

   The peasants fight for their woods.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch strīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīdan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstriːdən/

Verb

striden

1. to fight, to battle
2. to counter, to resist

Inflection

Conjugation of striden (strong class 1)

infinitive	base form	striden
	genitive	stridens
	dative	stridene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		stride	strêet		stride	strēde
2nd person singular		strijts, strides	strēets, strēdes		strijts, strides	strēdes
3rd person singular		strijt, stridet	strêet		stride	strēde
1st person plural		striden	strēden		striden	strēden
2nd person plural		strijt, stridet	strēet, strēdet		strijt, stridet	strēdet
3rd person plural		striden	strēden		striden	strēden
		imperative
singular		strijt, stride
plural		strijt, stridet
		present	past
participle		stridende	gestrēden

Descendants

• Dutch: strijden
  • Afrikaans: stry
• Limburgish: strieje

Further reading

• “striden (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “striden”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English strīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīdan, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstriːdən/

Verb

striden

1. to stride

Conjugation

Conjugation of striden (strong class 1)

infinitive	(to) striden, stride
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	stride	strod
2nd-person singular	stridest	stride1, strode1
3rd-person singular	strideth	strod
subjunctive singular	stride	stride2, strode2
imperative singular		—
plural3	striden, stride	striden, stride, stroden, strode
imperative plural	strideth, stride	—
participles	stridynge, stridende	striden, stride, ystriden, ystride

¹ Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular or strodest.
² Later replaced by the indicative.
³ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: stride

References

• “strīden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

striden m

1. definite singular of strid

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

striden m

1. definite singular of strid

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstriː.den/
• IPA^(key): /ˈstri.den/

Verb

strīden

1. plural present subjunctive of strīdan

Verb

striden

1. plural preterite subjunctive of strīdan

Participle

striden

1. past participle of strīdan

Swedish

Noun

striden

1. definite singular of strid

Anagrams

• nertids

West Frisian

Noun

striden

1. plural of striid