Participles
| Present | rīdende |
| Past | (ġe)riden |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | rīde |
| 2nd sing. | rītst |
| 3rd sing. | rītt; rīt |
| 1st plur. | rīdaþ |
| 2nd plur. | rīdaþ |
| 3rd plur. | rīdaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | rād |
| 2nd sing. | ride |
| 3rd sing. | rād |
| 1st plur. | ridon |
| 2nd plur. | ridon |
| 3rd plur. | ridon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | rīde |
| 2nd sing. | rīde |
| 3rd sing. | rīde |
| 1st plur. | rīden |
| 2nd plur. | rīden |
| 3rd plur. | rīden |
Past
| 1st sing. | ride |
| 2nd sing. | ride |
| 3rd sing. | ride |
| 1st plur. | riden |
| 2nd plur. | riden |
| 3rd plur. | riden |
Verbs conjugated like 'ridan'
ridan,
Verbs similar to 'ridan'
bidan,
cidan,
rædan,
riman,
ripan,
risan,
tidan,
abidan,
arædan,
arian,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *rīdan, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*rīdaną'.
Sample Sentences
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Sē ridda rād on horse. (The knight rode on horseback.)
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The Fonthill Letter
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Wihtbord rād mid mē, and Beorhthelm rād þæder mid Æðelme.
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Wihtbord rode with me, and Byrhthelm rode there with Æthelm.
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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⁊ þǣre ilcan dæġe rād Æþelmund ealdormann of Hwiċċum ofer æt Cynemǣresford. Ðā ġemette hine Wīhstān ealdormann mid Wilsǣtum, ⁊ þǣr wæs myċel ġefeoht, ⁊ þǣr bēġen ofsleġene wurdan þā ealdormenn, ⁊ Wilsǣte naman siġe. (And on that same day Alderman Aethelmund rode from Hwicce to Kempsford. There he encountered Alderman Wihstan, who was with men of Wiltshire. And there was a great battle, and both aldermen were slain, and the men of Wiltshire won a victory.)
Cognates
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