# strid
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stɹɪd/
* Rhymes: -ɪd

### Noun

strid (plural strids)
* (UK, Northern England, dated) A narrow passage between a gorge or chasm.
** 1807, William Wordsworth, The Force of Prayer, 17-24: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.
** 1862 August – 1863 March, Charles Kingsley, “(please specify the page)”, in The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby, London, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., published 1863, →OCLC:On through narrow strids and roaring cataracts, where Tom was deafened and blinded for a moment by the rushing waters

### Verb

strid
* (obsolete) simple past and past participle of stride

### References

* “strid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* dirts, distr.

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /striːd/, [sd̥ʁiðˀ]
* Rhymes: -id

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse stríðr.

#### Adjective

strid
* rough
    stridt græs (rough grass)
* rapid
    strid strøm (rapid water)
* stiff
    en strid storm (a stiff storm)
* stubborn
    Du er altså strid! (You're so stubborn!)

##### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

##### Derived terms

* i stride strømme

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse stríð.

#### Noun

strid c (singular definite striden, not used in plural form)
* quarrel, conflict, strife

##### Related terms

* stridbar
* stride
* stridig
* stridslysten

### Etymology 3

See stride (“to fight, struggle”).

#### Verb

strid
* imperative of stride

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stɾiːd/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse stríð.

#### Noun

strid m (definite singular striden, indefinite plural strider, definite plural stridene)
* battle, fight, struggle
* conflict, controversy, dispute, disagreement, quarrel

##### Derived terms

* stridshode
* stridsvogn

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

strid
* imperative of stride

### References

* “strid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “strid” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse stríð n.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /striː/, /striːd/
* Homophone: stri

#### Noun

strid m (definite singular striden, indefinite plural stridar, definite plural stridane)
* a struggle, fight

#### Noun

strid f (definite singular stida or stridi, indefinite plural strider, definite plural stridene)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of stri

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

strid (neuter stridt, definite singular and plural stride, comparative stridare, indefinite superlative stridast, definite superlative stridaste)
* Alternative form of stri

### References

* “strid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iːd

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse stríðr.

#### Adjective

strid
* rapid, swift, rich (of a stream or rain)
    hugade spekulanter anmälde sig i en strid ström
       interested buyers arrived in a rapid flow

##### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

### Etymology 2

From Old Swedish stridh, from Old Norse stríð.

#### Noun

strid c
* battle
    En blodig strid utkämpades mellan rebeller och regeringsstyrkor under morgontimmarnaA 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 stridfall in battle
    gå/dra ut i stridgo into battle
    i stridens hettain the heat of battle ("in the battle's heat")
    en akademisk strid rasade mellan de två skolornaan academic battle raged between the two schools of thought
** combat
    Han är skicklig i stridHe is skilled at combat
** fight
    Jag ger mig inte utan stridI won't give up without a fight ("without battle")
    ta strid för lika rättigheterstand up / fight (depending on if preexisting or not – "take (enter into) battle") for equal rights
    De tog strid mot företagetThey 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 reglerThe business has been conducted in violation of existing rules [rules that are in effect]
    Han har handlat i strid med god advokatsedHe has acted in breach of professional ethics for a lawyer
    Jag anser att domen står i strid med sunt förnuftI 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.

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | strid | strids |
| singular | definite | striden | stridens |
| plural | indefinite | strider | striders |
| plural | definite | striderna | stridernas |

#### Derived terms

* närstrid
* sjöstrid
* stridssele
* stridshjälm
* stridspitt
* stridsvagn
* stridsyxa

#### Related terms

* strida
* stridighet

#### See also

* drabbning
* kamp

#### Verb

strid
* imperative of strida

### References

* strid in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* strid in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* strid in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)