strind

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɹaɪnd/

Etymology 1

From Middle English strind, strend, strund, from Old English *strynd, related to Old Norse strind (“edge, side, land”).

Alternative forms

• strine, stryne

Noun

strind (plural strinds)

1. (Northern England) A ditch or water-channel.
2. (Northern England) A long straggling branch; a spur at the end of a pea-stick.
3. (Scotland) A small stream, streamlet; a trickle of water, the run of spilt liquid.

Verb

strind (third-person singular simple present strinds, present participle strinding, simple past and past participle strinded)

1. (Scotland) To run or flow in a very small stream; to trickle.
2. (Scotland) To eject in a small stream; to squirt, spray; to allow to trickle or dribble in small quantities.

Related terms

• strand

Etymology 2

From Middle English strind, from Old English strȳnd, strīend. Related to strain.

Alternative forms

• strine

Noun

strind (plural strinds)

1. (Northern England, Scotland) Lineage, descent.
2. (Northern England, Scotland) The tread (chalaza) of an egg.

Etymology 3

Uncertain. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk strind (“string”).

Noun

strind (plural strinds)

1. (Northern England) A string; a thread or strand.