strond

See also: strönd and strǫnd

English

Noun

strond (plural stronds)

1. Obsolete spelling of strand.
   • 1557 July 1, Virgil, “The Second Boke of Virgiles Aenæis”, in Henry [Howard, Earl] of Surrey, transl., edited by William Bolland, Certain Bokes of Virgiles Aenaeis, Turned into English Meter ([Roxburghe Club Publications; I]), London: […] A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1814, →OCLC:

     A woman that wandring in our coaſtes hath bought
     A plot for price: where ſhe a citie ſet:
     To whom we gaue the ſtrond for to manure.

   • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     Yea this mans brow, like to a title leafe,
     Foretells the nature of a tragicke volume,
     So lookes the ſtrond, whereon the imperious floud,
     Hath left a witneſt vſurpation.

   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 164:

     Baſſ[anio]. […] and her ſunny locks
     Hang on her temples like a golden fleece,
     Which makes her ſeat of Belmont Cholchos ſtrond,
     And many Iaſons come in queſt of her.

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse strǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *strandō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt- (“strand, border, field”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“to broaden, spread out”). Cognate with Lithuanian trénta (“place, region, direction”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strɔnt/

Noun

strond f (genitive singular strandar, plural strendur)

1. beach
2. coast

Declension

f9	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	strond	strondin	strendur	strendurnar
accusative	strond	strondina	strendur	strendurnar
dative	strond	strondini	strondum	strondunum
genitive	strandar	strandarinnar	stranda	strandanna

Middle English

Noun

strond (plural strondes)

1. Alternative form of strand