Stríða
Old Icelandic Dictionary - stríðaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "stríða" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
stríða Old Icelandic word can mean:
- stríða
- I)
- stríða
- f.
- stríða
- 1) adversity;
- stríða
- 2) hardness, austerity, severity, opp. to blíða (hvárt sem hann mætti blíðu eða stríðu);
- stríða
- 3) strife.
- stríða
- II)
- stríða
- (-dda, -tt), v.
- stríða
- 1) to harm, with dat. (stríddi hón ætt Buðla);
- stríða
- 2) to fight (s. við e-n, í móti e-m); s. á e-n, to fight against, attack.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚱᛁᚦᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- dat.
- dative.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
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