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See also: Strid and stríð

English

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

Noun

strid (plural strids)

  1. (UK, Northern England, dated) A place where a chasm or gorge is narrow enough to be crossed.
    • 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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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
More information positive, comparative ...

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
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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 2

Verb

strid

  1. imperative of stride

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stríð n.

Pronunciation

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

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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
More information Indefinite, positive ...

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish stridh, from Old Norse stríð.

Noun

strid c

  1. battle
    En blodig strid utkämpades mellan rebeller och regeringsstyrkor under morgontimmarna
    A bloody battle was fought between rebels and government forces in the morning hours ("utkämpa (out-fight, roughly – see kämpa) en strid" is idiomatic for "fight a battle")
    stupa i strid
    fall in battle
    gå/dra ut i strid
    go into battle
    i stridens hetta
    in the heat of battle ("in the battle's heat")
    en akademisk strid rasade mellan de två skolorna
    an academic battle raged between the two schools of thought
    1. combat
      Han är skicklig i strid
      He is skilled at combat
    2. fight
      Jag ger mig inte utan strid
      I won't give up without a fight ("without battle")
      ta strid för lika rättigheter
      stand up / fight (depending on if preexisting or not – "take (enter into) battle") for equal rights
      De tog strid mot företaget
      They fought / took action ("took (entered into) battle") against the company
  2. (in "i strid med / (less common) i strid mot") going against; in violation of, in conflict with, in breach of, contrary to, etc.
    Verksamheten har bedrivits i strid med gällande regler
    The business has been conducted in violation of existing rules [rules that are in effect]
    Han har handlat i strid med god advokatsed
    He has acted in breach of professional ethics for a lawyer
    Jag anser att domen står i strid med sunt förnuft
    I consider the judgement to be contrary to common sense ("I consider that the judgement is contrary to common sense") ("stå (stand) i strid" is an idiomatic collocation)

Usage notes

  • The immediate intuition is militaristic, but often used of other kinds of battles, as similar words are in English. Often interchangeable with kamp (“struggle, fight”) in the general sense (though for example "ta kamp" is not an expression), which is less of a military metaphor.
  • A major military battle (as might be given a name, for example) can more specifically be called a slag.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

Derived terms

See also

Verb

strid

  1. imperative of strida

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