stríða

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See also: strida

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse stríða, from Proto-Germanic *strīdijaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

stríða (third person singular past indicative stríddi, third person plural past indicative strítt, supine strítt)

  1. to quarrel, fight, dispute, struggle
  2. to drudge

Conjugation

Conjugation of stríða (group v-3)
infinitive stríða
supine strítt
present past
first singular stríði stríddi
second singular stríðir stríddi
third singular stríðir stríddi
plural stríða stríddu
participle (a18)1 stríðandi stríddur
imperative
singular stríð!
plural stríðið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

References

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stríða, from Proto-Germanic *strīdijaną.

Verb

stríða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stríddi, supine strítt)

  1. to struggle
  2. to tease
    Hættustríða mér!
    Stop teasing me!
    Ekki stríða systur þinni.
    Don't tease your sister.
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

stríða

  1. indefinite genitive plural of stríð

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Related to stríð.

Adjective

stríða

  1. inflection of stríðr:
    1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
    2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
    3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
    4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular
    5. positive degree weak neuter singular

Noun

stríða f (genitive stríðu)

  1. adversity
  2. hardness, austerity, severity
  3. strife

stríða n

  1. genitive plural of stríð n
Declension
Declension of stríða (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stríða stríðan stríður stríðurnar
accusative stríðu stríðuna stríður stríðurnar
dative stríðu stríðunni stríðum stríðunum
genitive stríðu stríðunnar stríðna stríðnanna

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *strīdijaną. Cognate with English stride.

Verb

stríða

  1. to harm
  2. to fight
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Icelandic: stríða
  • Faroese: stríða
  • Swedish: strida
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stri, stride
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stri, stride

Further reading

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