Infinitive
riden; to riden; ride
Participles
| Present | ridynge; ridende |
| Past | riden; yriden; ride; yride; reden; yreden; rede; yrede |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ride |
| 2nd sing. | ridest; rist |
| 3rd sing. | rideth; rit |
| 1st plur. | riden; ride; rideth |
| 2nd plur. | riden; ride; rideth |
| 3rd plur. | riden; ride; rideth |
Past
| 1st sing. | rod |
| 2nd sing. | rode; ride; rede |
| 3rd sing. | rod |
| 1st plur. | roden; rode; riden; ride; reden; rede |
| 2nd plur. | roden; rode; riden; ride; reden; rede |
| 3rd plur. | roden; rode; riden; ride; reden; rede |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ride |
| 2nd sing. | ride |
| 3rd sing. | ride |
Past
| 1st sing. | rode; ride; rede |
| 2nd sing. | rode; ride; rede |
| 3rd sing. | rode; ride; rede |
Imperative
| Singular | ride |
| Plural | rideth; ride |
Verbs conjugated like riden
riden,
Etymology
1. From Old English rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną.
2. Cognates include Middle Dutch riden, Middle Low German riden, and Old Swedish rīþa. See: Proto-Germanic '
*rīdaną', Middle Dutch '
riden'.
Verbs referencing "riden"
English
ride.
Sample Sentences
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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.) [p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 8 February 2018:]
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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 […]) [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:]
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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 […]) [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:]
Cognates
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