riden

riden c

1. singular definite of ride

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːdən/

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

• Dutch: rijden
• Limburgish: rieje

• “riden (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “riden (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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

From Old English rīdan, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną. Cognates include Middle Dutch riden, Middle Low German riden, and Old Swedish rīþa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːdən/

riden

1. To ride on a mount; to move on a animal:

   • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Clerk's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, line 783-784:

     Toward Saluces shaping hir journey, / Fro day to day they ryden in hir wey […]

     Towards Saluzzo they point 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.

   • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “ The Nun's Priest's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, line 3168-3169:

     Womman is mannes Ioye and al his blis / ffor whan I feele a nyght your softe syde / Al be it that I may nat on yow ryde / ffor þat oure perche is maad so narwe allas [...]

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

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.

• overriden
• ridership
• ryder
• rydyng

• English: ride
• Scots: ride, ryde

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

From Old Saxon rīdan (“to ride”), from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną. Cognate with English ride, Dutch rijden and German reiten.

• IPA^(key): /riːðən/

rîden

1. to ride

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

riden

1. past participle of rida.