riden

Danish

Noun

riden c

1. definite singular of ride

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːdən/

Verb

riden

1. to ride (on a horse or vehicle)
2. to travel
3. to suffer (a disease)
4. (figuratively, of land) to be flooded from time to time (up and down, as if on a horse)
5. (of an animal) to copulate, to have sexual intercourse

Inflection

Descendants

• Dutch: rijden
• Limburgish: rieje

Further reading

• “riden (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “riden (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Alternative forms

• (Early ME) ridæn, ridan
• ryden, rydyn, ride, ryde

Etymology

From Old English rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną.

Cognates include Middle Dutch riden, Middle Low German riden, and Old Swedish rīþa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːdən/

Verb

riden

1. To ride on a mount; to move on an animal:
   • p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2018 February 8:

     Gif tƿa men oþer ·iii· coman ridend to an tun · al þe tunſcipe flugæn foꝛ heom. ƿenden ð hi ƿæron ræuereſ.

     If two or three men came riding into a town, the whole town ran away from them, concluding that they were robbers.

   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The [Clerkys] Tale [of Oxenford]”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 184, verso, lines 783-784:

     Toward Saluces / shapyng hir iourney / ffro day to day / they ryden in hir wey […]

     Towards Saluzzo they make their journey, / From day to day they ride on their way

   1. To ride to war; to utilise cavalry:
      1. To lead or command on horseback; to serve at the head of a host.
      2. To pillage or loot while on horseback; to maraud or raid.
   2. To ride towards, on, or through a specific location.
   3. To joust or tilt; to participate in jousting.
   4. To ride in a parade; to march on horseback.
   5. To adventure on horseback.
2. To use a vehicle or transport method other than a mount:
   1. To leave; to journey or go on a trip.
   2. To ride in a wheeled vehicle or a palanquin.
   3. To voyage or travel by water; to be on a vessel.
3. (vulgar) To mount or mate; to undergo coitus with.
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Nonnes Preestes Tale of the Cok / and Hen / Chaũtecler ⁊ Ꝑtelote”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 103, verso, lines 3168-3169:

     Womman is mannes ioye and al his blys / ffoꝛ whan I feele a nyght youre softe syde / al be it þᵗ I may nat on yow ryde / ffoꝛ þᵗ oure ꝑche is maad so narwe allas […]

     "Womankind is man's joy and all of his bliss". / As when I feel at night your soft side / Despite the fact that I can't on you ride / because our perch is made so narrow

4. (of a vessel) To float; to set sail or move.
5. (rare, Late Middle English) To move, to slide towards.
6. (rare, Late Middle English) To sit on a stool or beam; to mount something as if it was a horse.
7. (rare, Late Middle English) To remain, to dwell.
8. (rare, Late Middle English) To undergo execution.

Conjugation

Related terms

• overriden
• ridership
• ryder
• rydyng

Descendants

• English: ride
• Scots: ride, ryde

References

• “rīden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-09.

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon rīdan (“to ride”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną.

Cognate with English ride, Dutch rijden and German reiten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riːðən/

Verb

rîden

1. to ride

Conjugation

Related terms

• rider (someone who rides)
• ridder (knight)

Swedish

Participle

riden

1. past participle of rida