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rídan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
rídan, p. rád, pl. ridon.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §96; §126; §133; §157; §164; §278; §475; §476; §486; §490; §562;
to ride on horseback; equitare
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  • Hwílum ic on wloncum wicge ríde,

      Exon. Th. 489, 14; Rä. 78, 7.

  • Hwá rít intó ðam porte

    quis equitat in civitatem?

      Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 3, 52.

  • Ðín cyning rít uppan tamre assene,

      Mt. Kmbl. 21, 5.

  • Hú ne wást ðú ðæt nán mon for ðý ne rít ðe hine rídan lyste, ac rít for ðý ðe hé mid ðǽre ráde earnaþ sume earnunga,

      Bt. 34, 7; Fox 144, 5-7.

  • Ðonne rídeþ ǽlc hys weges,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 21, 4.

  • Sum mon rád be ðære stówe,

      Bd. 3, 9; S. 533. 30.

  • Him (

    the Danes

    ) Ælfréd and cyninges þegnas oft ráde on ridon,
      Chr. 871; Erl. 76, 11.

  • Ofer ðý cræte curran, ofer ðý cwéne reodan,

      Lchdm. iii. 32, 10.

  • Ymbe hlǽw riodan hildedeóre,

      Beo. Th. 6319; B. 3170.

  • Rídan ða yldestan men tó ðære byrig,

      L. Ath. i. 20; Th. i. 208, 29.

  • Ðeáh ðe hé gewuna wǽre ðæt hé má eode ðonne ride,

      Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 17.

  • Ne wæs álýfed ðæt hé móste bútan on myran rídan,

      2, 13; S. 517, 7 : 4, 3; S. 566, 33.

  • Nalæs rídende on horse, ac on his fótum gangende,

      3, 28; S. 560, 33.

  • Ðes rídenda here

    hic equester exercitus,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 10, 2.

  • Hé ásent rídendne here,

      Wulfst. 200, 21.

  • Rídende men

    equites,

      Gen. 50, 9.
to ride (of other modes of transport as a vessel
rides on the waves)
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  • Wíde rád ðæt scip ofer holmes hrincg,

      Cd. Th. 84, 3; Gen. 1392.

  • Fana up rád

    the ensign (the fiery pillar) moved aloft,

      193, 18; Exod. 248.

  • Ðæt hé (

    a vessel

    ) scyle fǽmig rídan ýða hrycgum,
      Exon. Th. 384, 24; Rä. 4, 32.
without the idea of progress, to ride (as in to ride at anchor),
to swing, rock
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  • Licgaþ mé ymbe írenbendas rídeþ racentan sál

    the chain swings (or presses?) on me,

      Cd. Th. 24, 3; Gen. 372.

  • Swá biþ geómorlíc gomelum eorle tó gebídanne ðæt his byre ríde giong on galgan

    that his son swing on the gallows,

      Beo. Th. 4882; B. 2445.

  • Sum sceal on galgan rídan, seomian æt swylte, óþðæt báncofa blódig ábrocen weorðeþ,

      Exon. 329, 13; Vy. 33.
Etymology
[O. Frs. rída : O. H. Ger. rítan to ride (on horseback or in a carriage) : Icel. ríða to ride, to swing, sway.]
Similar entries
v. á-, æfter-, be-, for-, ge-, of-, ofer-, óþ-rídan.
Linked entries
v.  a-rídan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “rídan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/25788.

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