streve

streve

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of streven

• sterve, veters, vreest

From Middle Low German or Low German; compare with Dutch streven and German streben.

streve (imperative strev, present tense strever, passive streves, simple past strevet or strevde, past participle strevet or strevd, present participle strevende)

1. to strive (etter / for), struggle, slave, toil

• “streve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

streve (present tense strevar or strever, past tense streva or strevde, past participle streva or strevd or strevt, present participle strevande, imperative strev)

1. Alternative form of streva