- rídan
- sv/i1 3rd pres rídeð past rád/ridon ptp is geriden 1. to ride on horseback; (1) where going on horseback is expressed or may be certainly inferred; (2) where the word is used as expressing the most usual method of locomotion, but does not exclude other forms; ríde hé tó þǽm ealdormenn; (3) to ride in a carriage; \rídan on crætwægnum to ride in carriages; 2. to ride (of other modes of transportation as a vessel rides on the waves); float, sail; 3. without the idea of progress, to ride (as in to ride at anchor), move about, swing, rock, ride at anchor, float, sail; chafe (of fetters); ge\rídan ride over, occupy (a country), seize; ge\rídan ride up to; tó handa ge\rídan to bring into a person's power or possession; on ancre \rídan to ride at anchor
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.