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strid

See also: Strid and stríð

English

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The Strid, a crossing of the River Wharfe

Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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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

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strid

  1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of stride

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /striːd/, [sd̥ʁiðˀ]
  • Rhymes: -id

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse stríðr.

Adjective

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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
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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.
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse stríð.

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strid c (singular definite striden, not used in plural form)

  1. quarrel, conflict, strife
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Etymology 3

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See stride (“to fight, struggle”).

Verb

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strid

  1. imperative of stride

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse stríð.

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strid m (definite singular striden, indefinite plural strider, definite plural stridene)

  1. battle, fight, struggle
  2. conflict, controversy, dispute, disagreement, quarrel
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Etymology 2

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strid

  1. imperative of stride

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse stríð n.

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strid m (definite singular striden, indefinite plural stridar, definite plural stridane)

  1. a struggle, fight

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strid f (definite singular stida or stridi, indefinite plural strider, definite plural stridene)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of stri

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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

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːd

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse stríðr.

Adjective

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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
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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

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From Old Swedish stridh, from Old Norse stríð.

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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)

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  • 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

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Declension of strid
nominative genitive
singular indefinite strid strids
definite striden stridens
plural indefinite strider striders
definite striderna stridernas

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Verb

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strid

  1. imperative of strida

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