† striftn.

Forms: Also Middle English strijft, 1600s strifte.

Etymology: < strive v. + -t suffix³ 1, after drift, thrift, etc. In the first quot. a1400 the true reading is probably þrift, but the erroneous reading perhaps indicates that the word was in existence at the date of the Göttingen MS.

Obsolete.

The action of striving; an instance of this; also, contention, strife.The word seems to have survived to some extent in the traditional religious phraseology of the Society of Friends; the use of it in the Epistle of 1893 (see quot. 1893 below) gave rise to much discussion in the Society.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > striving or struggling

wrestlingc890

wragging?c1225

wraggling?c1225

strugglingc1386

straining1580

contention1583

strift1612

strifea1616

striving?1615

stickle1652

agonism1688

strain1693

struggle1833

floundering1868

society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun]

rivality1528

strife1530

envy1541

emulation1552

contention1576

pinglinga1578

countermatch1581

paragon1590

competency1594

corrivality1598

rivalry1598

concurrence1603

contestation1603

competitiona1608

rivalling1607

concurrency1609

strift1612

corrivalry1614

rivalty1631

contest1648

corrivalty1649

coping1678

co-rivalry1835

rivalism1850

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits

needfulnessc1350

kankedortc1374

pressc1375

needfultya1382

briguec1400

brikec1400

plightc1400

taking?c1425

partyc1440

distrait1477

brakea1529

hot water1537

strait1544

extremes1547

pickle1562

praemunire1595

lock1598

angustiae1653

difficulty1667

scrape1709

premune1758

hole1760

Queer Street1811

warm water1813

strift1815

fix1816

plisky1818

snapper1818

amplush1827

false position1830

bind1851

jackpot1887

tight1896

squeeze1905

jam1914

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 4439 He ferd ay wid sua mekil strijft [Vesp. thrift], þat all was done as he wald scift.]

1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. v. 50 This same strift for these Masteries, and for rewards of learning, is the most commendable play.

1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xiv. 195 This exercise is..a stirrer vp of inuention and of good wits to strift and emulation.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 195 Hippocrates saith, that the onely cause of the strifte of the Infant in the byrth is the want of Nourishment.

1619 W. Whately Gods Husbandry 112 Hee is busie in labouring to obey, and a man that liues with him, may euen perceiue in him..a strift this way.

a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 868 Exhibiting shews in the theatre, all kinds of musicall ostentations or strifts, and other variety of pleasures.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 119 So neither has the first spring of motion any thing of onwardness or stirring, but only a pend or earnest strift fromwards, which we call springsomness or bearing.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 124 The spring or strift to stir.

1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes v. 276 Those [laws]..which they would never have made that strift for..had they been put in Execution upon them.

1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes v. 281 In the Reigns of King Stephen..and King John when the greatest strift was about these Laws.

1815 J. J. Gurney in J. B. Brathwaite Mem. J. Gurney (1854) I. 107 Overcome by a violent apoplectic attack, and in the strift of death.

1828 J. J. Gurney in J. B. Brathwaite Mem. J. Gurney (1854) I. 374 I think there is good reason to suppose a period of some strift and considerable loss to be at hand.

1845 E. Fry in Fry & Cresswell Mem. (1847) II. 518 [Her dying words] Pray for me—It is a strift, but I am safe.

1893 Epistle Yearly Meeting Soc. Friends 2 Take comfort from the thought that others have passed through as great a strift, and have come forth into peace and happy trustfulness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	strift
释义	† striftn. Forms: Also Middle English strijft, 1600s strifte. Etymology: < strive v. + -t suffix³ 1, after drift, thrift, etc. In the first quot. a1400 the true reading is probably þrift, but the erroneous reading perhaps indicates that the word was in existence at the date of the Göttingen MS. Obsolete. The action of striving; an instance of this; also, contention, strife.The word seems to have survived to some extent in the traditional religious phraseology of the Society of Friends; the use of it in the Epistle of 1893 (see quot. 1893 below) gave rise to much discussion in the Society. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > striving or struggling wrestlingc890 wragging?c1225 wraggling?c1225 strugglingc1386 straining1580 contention1583 strift1612 strifea1616 striving?1615 stickle1652 agonism1688 strain1693 struggle1833 floundering1868 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] rivality1528 strife1530 envy1541 emulation1552 contention1576 pinglinga1578 countermatch1581 paragon1590 competency1594 corrivality1598 rivalry1598 concurrence1603 contestation1603 competitiona1608 rivalling1607 concurrency1609 strift1612 corrivalry1614 rivalty1631 contest1648 corrivalty1649 coping1678 co-rivalry1835 rivalism1850 the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits needfulnessc1350 kankedortc1374 pressc1375 needfultya1382 briguec1400 brikec1400 plightc1400 taking?c1425 partyc1440 distrait1477 brakea1529 hot water1537 strait1544 extremes1547 pickle1562 praemunire1595 lock1598 angustiae1653 difficulty1667 scrape1709 premune1758 hole1760 Queer Street1811 warm water1813 strift1815 fix1816 plisky1818 snapper1818 amplush1827 false position1830 bind1851 jackpot1887 tight1896 squeeze1905 jam1914 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 4439 He ferd ay wid sua mekil strijft [Vesp. thrift], þat all was done as he wald scift.] 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. v. 50 This same strift for these Masteries, and for rewards of learning, is the most commendable play. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xiv. 195 This exercise is..a stirrer vp of inuention and of good wits to strift and emulation. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 195 Hippocrates saith, that the onely cause of the strifte of the Infant in the byrth is the want of Nourishment. 1619 W. Whately Gods Husbandry 112 Hee is busie in labouring to obey, and a man that liues with him, may euen perceiue in him..a strift this way. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 868 Exhibiting shews in the theatre, all kinds of musicall ostentations or strifts, and other variety of pleasures. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 119 So neither has the first spring of motion any thing of onwardness or stirring, but only a pend or earnest strift fromwards, which we call springsomness or bearing. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 124 The spring or strift to stir. 1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes v. 276 Those [laws]..which they would never have made that strift for..had they been put in Execution upon them. 1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes v. 281 In the Reigns of King Stephen..and King John when the greatest strift was about these Laws. 1815 J. J. Gurney in J. B. Brathwaite Mem. J. Gurney (1854) I. 107 Overcome by a violent apoplectic attack, and in the strift of death. 1828 J. J. Gurney in J. B. Brathwaite Mem. J. Gurney (1854) I. 374 I think there is good reason to suppose a period of some strift and considerable loss to be at hand. 1845 E. Fry in Fry & Cresswell Mem. (1847) II. 518 [Her dying words] Pray for me—It is a strift, but I am safe. 1893 Epistle Yearly Meeting Soc. Friends 2 Take comfort from the thought that others have passed through as great a strift, and have come forth into peace and happy trustfulness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1612
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