# riden
## Danish
### Noun

riden c
* definite singular of ride

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈriːdən/

### Verb

riden
* to ride (on a horse or vehicle)
* to travel
* to suffer (a disease)
* (figuratively, of land) to be flooded from time to time (up and down, as if on a horse)
* (of an animal) to copulate, to have sexual intercourse

#### 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: /ˈriːdən/

### Verb

riden
* 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 […]
** To ride to war; to utilise cavalry:
*** To lead or command on horseback; to serve at the head of a host.
*** To pillage or loot while on horseback; to maraud or raid.
** To ride towards, on, or through a specific location.
** To joust or tilt; to participate in jousting.
** To ride in a parade; to march on horseback.
** To adventure on horseback.
* To use a vehicle or transport method other than a mount:
** To leave; to journey or go on a trip.
** To ride in a wheeled vehicle or a palanquin.
** To voyage or travel by water; to be on a vessel.
* (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 […]
* (of a vessel) To float; to set sail or move.
* (rare, Late Middle English) To move, to slide towards.
* (rare, Late Middle English) To sit on a stool or beam; to mount something as if it was a horse.
* (rare, Late Middle English) To remain, to dwell.
* (rare, Late Middle English) To undergo execution.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) riden, ride | (to) riden, ride |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | ride | rod |
| 2nd-person singular | ridest | rode, ride, rede, rod |
| 3rd-person singular | rideth | rod |
| subjunctive singular | ride | rode$^1$, ride$^1$, rede$^1$ |
| imperative singular | ride | — |
| plural$^2$ | riden, ride | roden, rode, riden, ride, reden, rede |
| imperative plural | rideth, ride | — |
| participles | ridynge, ridende | (y)riden, (y)ride, (y)reden, (y)rede |
$^1$Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English. $^2$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

#### 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: /riːðən/

### Verb

rîden
* to ride

#### Related terms

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

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈriː.den/
* IPA: /ˈri.den/

### Verb

rīden
* plural present subjunctive of rīdan

### Verb

riden
* plural preterite subjunctive of rīdan

### Participle

riden
* past participle of rīdan

## Swedish
### Participle

riden
* past participle of rida