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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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Bosworth, Joseph. “ridda.” 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/25789.

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