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

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Anagrams

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

Etymology 3

See stride (“to fight, struggle”).

Verb

strid

  1. imperative of stride

Norwegian Bokmål

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

Verb

strid

  1. imperative of stride

References

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

Adjective

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

  1. Alternative form of stri

References

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

Verb

strid

  1. imperative of strida

Further reading
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