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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *reideti, cognate to Proto-Germanic *rīdaną.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
réidid (conjunct ·réid, verbal noun réimm or ríad)
- to ride, drive
- c. 700–800 Táin Bó Cúailnge, published in Táin Bó Cúailnge. Recension I (1976, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Cecile O'Rahilly, TBC-I 684
Ocus is bés dúib-si far n-Ultaib ní réidid tar églinde. Airc-siu do Emain aridisi, a phopa Conaill, ⁊ rom·léic-se [sic, leg. nom·léic-se] sund oc forairi.- And it is the custom with you Ulstermen that you do not drive on in an unsafe . Go back to Emain, master Conall, and leave me here to keep watch.
- c. 886, Epistil Ísu, published in "Cáin Domnaig", Ériu Vol. 2 (1905), pp. 189-214, edited and with translations by J. G. O'Keeffe, §9
Nach ech ríadar isin domnach, is ech tened bís i ngabul a marcaig a n-iffirn.- Whatever horse is ridden on Sunday, it is a horse of fire that is between the thighs of its rider in Hell.
Inflection
Simple, class B I present, reduplicated preterite
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*ríadait
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·réid
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rédes
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ríadar
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·réided
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rerdatar
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| Verbal noun
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réimm; ríad
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