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Old English · noun

striþ

Normalised strīþ

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/striːθ/
Syllables
striːθ (1 syllable)
Modern English
strugglecontestdisputecontentionquarrel

Meaning

  1. struggle, fight, contest

  2. dispute, contention, quarrel

Declension

Declension of striþ
SingularPlural
Nominative strīþstrīþas
Accusative strīþstrīþas
Genitive strīþesstrīþa
Dative strīþestrīþum

All forms (6)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Saxon strīd, from Proto-West Germanic *strīd, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaz. Occurs only in the Genesis text. Cognate with Old Norse stríð.

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