ríða

From Old Norse ríða (“to ride”), from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ-, cognate with English ride.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹʊiːja/

  Rhymes: -ʊiːja

  Homophone: rýða

ríða (third person singular past indicative reið, third person plural past indicative riðu, supine riðið)

1. to ride

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːða/

  Rhymes: -iːða

From Old Norse ríða (“to ride”), from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ-, cognate with English ride.

ríða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative reið, third-person plural past indicative riðu, supine riðið)

1. (especially on horseback) to ride [with dative]

   Synonym: ríða hesti

   • Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen

     Ríðum, ríðum og rekum yfir sandinn,

     rennur sól á bak við Arnarfell,

     hér á reiki er margur óhreinn andinn,

     úr því fer að skyggja á jökulsvell;

     Drottinn leiði drösulinn minn,

     drjúgur verður síðasti áfanginn.

     Ride, ride, ride hard across the sands,

     the sun is settling behind Arnarfell.

     Here many spirits of the dark

     threaten in the gloom over the glacier's ice.

     The Lord leads my horse,

     it is still a long, long way home.

   Að fara ríðandi.

   To go on horseback.

2. (vulgar) to fuck someone, to have sex with [intransitive or with dative]

   Synonym: hafa kynmök

   Langar þig að ríða?

   Do you wanna fuck?

   Ríddu mér.

   Fuck me.

   Hvað er langt síðan þú hefur riðið?

   How long is it since your last fuck?

3. in idioms [with dative]

   Fréttirnar riðu honum að fullu.

   The news finished him off.

   Þetta ríður á miklu.

   This is very important.

4. in idioms [with accusative]

   Ég ríða af sér reið hann af mér.

   I rode faster than he did.

• Because the word denotes both the meaning of riding an animal and fucking, it is often the subject of double entendre bestiality jokes.

From Old Norse vríða, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną.

ríða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative reið, third-person plural past indicative riðu, supine riðið)

1. to knot [with accusative]

   Synonym: hnýta

   Að ríða hnút.

   To tie a knot.

2. to braid, to weave [with accusative]

   Synonym: flétta

   Að ríða körfu.

   To weave a basket.

   Að ríða net.

   To weave a net.

• riðinn m, riðin f, riðið n
• vera við e-h riðinn (“be involved in sth, be mixed up in sth”)

From Proto-Norse *ᚱᛁᛞᚨᚾ (*ridan), from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ-. Cognate with Old English rīdan (English ride), Old Saxon rīdan (Low German rieden), Old Dutch rīdan (Dutch rijden), Old High German rītan (German reiten).

ríða

1. to ride

• Icelandic: ríða
• Faroese: ríða
• Norn: riða
• Norwegian: ride, rida, ri
• Old Swedish: rīþa
  • Swedish: rida
• Old Danish: rithæ
  • Danish: ride
• Gutnish: reide, reid', reida