réidid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *reideti, cognate to Proto-Germanic *rīdaną.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈr͈ʲeːðʲiðʲ]

Verb

réidid (conjunct ·réid, verbal noun réimm or ríad)

  1. to ride, drive

Inflection

Simple, class B I present, reduplicated preterite
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. *ríadait
conj. ·réid ·réidid ·ríadat
rel. rédes ríadar
imperfect indicative ·réided
preterite abs. rerdatar
conj.
rel.
perfect deut.
prot.
future abs.
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj.
rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun réimm; ríad
past participle
verbal of necessity

Quotations

  • c. 700–800 Táin Bó Cúailnge, published in Táin Bó Cúailnge. Recension I (1976, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Cecile O'Rahilly, TBC-I 684
    Ocus is bés dúib-si far n-Ultaib ní réidid tar églinde. Airc-siu do Emain aridisi, a phopa Conaill, ⁊ rom·léic-se [sic, leg. nom·léic-se] sund oc forairi.
    And it is the custom with you Ulstermen that you do not drive on in an unsafe [chariot]. Go back to Emain, master Conall, and leave me here to keep watch.
  • c. 886, Epistil Ísu, published in "Cáin Domnaig", Ériu Vol. 2 (1905), pp. 189-214, edited and with translations by J. G. O'Keeffe, §9
    Nach ech ríadar isin domnach, is ech tened bís i ngabul a marcaig a n-iffirn.
    Whatever horse is ridden on Sunday, it is a horse of fire that is between the thighs of its rider in Hell.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: réidid

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rēd-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 307

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