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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *strīdaz
Adjective
stríðr
- strong, rapid
- hard, stubborn
- severe, unpleasant
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “stríðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 413; also available at the Internet Archive