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ridda

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ridda, an; m.
a horseman, rider
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  • Ridda oððe rídende

    eques,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Som. 11, 8.
  • Ridda

    homo equo portatus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 65.
  • Se ridda (cf. sum wegfarende mann,

      1. 168)
    férde forþ on his weg, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 175.
a mounted soldier
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  • Hors and ðone riddan hé áwearp on sǽ,

      Cant. Moys.
    Feówer hund and þúsend cræta hé hæfde and twelf þúsend riddena, Homl. Th. ii. 578, 3.
  • Pharao him filigde mid his crætum and gilplícum riddum.... Seó sǽ ealle his crætu and riddan oferwreáh,

      194, 22-27.
  • Ðá gemétte Martinus ánne nacodne þearfan, and his nán ne gýmde, ðeáh ðe hé ða riddan ðæs bǽde ... Ðá hlógon ða cempan sume,

      500, 19-28.
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