stríð

From Old Norse stríð n, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaz.

• IPA^(key): /striːð/
• Rhymes: -iːð

stríð n (genitive singular stríðs, nominative plural stríð)

1. war

   Synonyms: styrjöld, barátta, orusta

• leifturstríð
• heyja stríð

From Proto-Germanic *strīdaz.

stríð

1. inflection of stríðr:
   1. positive degree strong feminine nominative singular
   2. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

stríð n

1. distress, grief, affliction

   hann bar þat með allmiklu stríði

   he was very much afflicted by it

2. strife, war

• stríðskostr m (“means of fighting”)
• stríðsmaðr m (“fighter, warrior”)

stríð

1. second-person singular imperative active of stríða

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “stríð”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 412; also available at the Internet Archive