stríða

See also: strida

Faroese

Verb

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

  1. to fight, to struggle

Conjugation

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

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstriːða/
    Rhymes: -iːða

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

  • stríða gegn (to go against)
  • stríðinn (teasing, mischievous)
  • stríðni (teasing, provocation)

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

Etymology 2

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

Verb

stríða

  1. (transitive, with dative) to harm
  2. to fight
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Icelandic: stríða
  • Faroese: stríða
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stri, stride
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stri, stride

References

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