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rídan

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§7; §96; §126; §133; §157; §164; §278; §475; §476; §486; §490; §562;
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where going on horseback is expressed or may be certainly inferred
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  • Gif þegen þénode cynge and his rádstefne rád on his hírede,

      Ll. Th. i. 190, 20.
  • Sé þe hors nabbe, wyrce þám hláforde þe him fore ríde oþþe gange,

      232, 19, Georne is tó
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  • Seldon hé (

    Aidan

    ) wolde rídan ac síðode on his fótum (cf. non equorum dorso, sed pedum incessu uectus,
      Bd. 3, 5), Hml. S. 26, 80.
  • Hé sceal rídan

    (equitare),

      Ll. Th. i. 432, 14.
  • Hé héht his geneát rídan mid ceastersétna preóste,

      C. D. v. 140, 31.
  • Mid rídendum

    cum equestri (turma),

      An. Ox. 4748.
where the word is used as expressing the most usual method of locomotion, but does not exclude other forms
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  • Sé þe æfter ǽnegum ceápe ríde, cýþe . . . ymbe hwæt hé ríde . . . búton hé hit ǽr cýdde þá hé út rád,

      Ll. Th. i. 274, 20-24.
  • Ꝥ wé rídan tó mid þám geréfan,

      236, 12.
  • Rídan þá yldestan men ealle tó . . . Gif hwá nylle rídan,

      208, 29-31.
  • Ríde hé tó þám ealdormenn, and bidde hine fultumes,

      90, 11: 13.
to ride in a carriage
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  • Þonne sceoldon hiera senatus rídan on crætwǽnum,

      Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 28.
of transport by land as opposed to that by water
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  • Beón hí áwergode rówende and rídende,

      Ll. Lbmn. 438, 22.
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  • Þonne þæt scip ungetǽslícost on ancre rít,

      Solil. H. 30, 1.
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v. faroþ-rídende.
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