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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse reið, from Proto-Germanic *raidō.
Noun
reið f (genitive singular reiðar, nominative plural reiðir)
- ride, riding
- (vulgar) sexual intercourse; fuck, screw
- (archaic) chariot
- the R-rune (ᚱ)
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
reið
- first-person singular past indicative of ríða
- third-person singular past indicative of ríða
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Norse *ᚱᚨᛁᛞᚢ (*raidu), Proto-Germanic *raidō.
Noun
reið f
- ride, riding
- vehicle, carriage, chariot
- 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 27:
Þat veitk bezt / und bláum himni
kenninafn, / svát konungr eigi
es Rǫgnvaldr, / reiðar stjóri, […]- I know that best / nickname
under the blue sky / that a king might have
that Rǫgnvaldr, / the steerer of the carriage
Declension
Declension of reið (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- reið in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.