strind

• IPA^(key): /stɹaɪnd/

From Middle English strind, strend, strund, from Old English *strynd, related to Old Norse strind (“edge, side, land”).

• strine, stryne

strind (plural strinds)

1. (Northern England) A ditch or water-channel.
2. (Northern England) A long straggling branch; a spur at the end of a pea-stick.
3. (Scotland) A small stream, streamlet; a trickle of water, the run of spilt liquid.

strind (third-person singular simple present strinds, present participle strinding, simple past and past participle strinded)

1. (Scotland) To run or flow in a very small stream; to trickle.
2. (Scotland) To eject in a small stream; to squirt, spray; to allow to trickle or dribble in small quantities.

• strand

From Middle English strind, from Old English strȳnd, strīend. Related to strain.

• strine

strind (plural strinds)

1. (Northern England, Scotland) Lineage, descent.
2. (Northern England, Scotland) The tread (chalaza) of an egg.

Uncertain. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk strind (“string”).

strind (plural strinds)

1. (Northern England) A string; a thread or strand.