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From Middle Englishstryd, a byform of stryde, stride. See stride(noun). The noun term comes from the appearance that the river may be crossable with a stride.
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.
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.
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
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
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
(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
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.