reiða

See also: reída

Faroese

Verb

reiða (third person singular past indicative reiddi, third person plural past indicative reiddu, supine reitt)

  1. to prepare

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-3)
infinitive
supine reitt
present past
first singular reiði reiddi
second singular reiðir reiddi
third singular reiðir reiddi
plural reiða reiddu
participle (a18)1 reiðandi reiddur
imperative
singular reið!
plural reiðið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreiːða/
  • Rhymes: -eiːða
  • Homophone: reyða

Etymology 1

From Old Norse reiða.

Verb

reiða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative reiddi, supine reitt)

  1. to carry on horseback [with accusative]
  2. to pay [with accusative]
Conjugation
reiða – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur reiða
supine sagnbót reitt
present participle
reiðandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég reiði reiddi reiði reiddi
þú reiðir reiddir reiðir reiddir
hann, hún, það reiðir reiddi reiði reiddi
plural við reiðum reiddum reiðum reiddum
þið reiðið reidduð reiðið reidduð
þeir, þær, þau reiða reiddu reiði reiddu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú reið (þú), reiddu
plural þið reiðið (þið), reiðiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Etymology 2

Noun

reiða f (genitive singular reiðu, nominative plural reiður)

  1. order, file, row
Declension
Declension of reiða (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative reiða reiðan reiður reiðurnar
accusative reiðu reiðuna reiður reiðurnar
dative reiðu reiðunni reiðum reiðunum
genitive reiðu reiðunnar reiðna, reiða reiðnanna, reiðanna
Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From ríða.

Verb

reiða (past tense reiddi, past participle reiddr)

  1. to carry (on horseback)
  2. to swing (sword, axe, etc)
Conjugation
Conjugation of reiða — active (weak class 1)
infinitive reiða
present participle reiðandi
past participle reiddr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular reiði reidda reiða reidda
2nd person singular reiðir reiddir reiðir reiddir
3rd person singular reiðir reiddi reiði reiddi
1st person plural reiðum reiddum reiðim reiddim
2nd person plural reiðið reidduð reiðið reiddið
3rd person plural reiða reiddu reiði reiddi
imperative present
2nd person singular reið, reiði
1st person plural reiðum
2nd person plural reiðið
Conjugation of reiða — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive reiðask
present participle reiðandisk
past participle reizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular reiðumk reiddumk reiðumk reiddumk
2nd person singular reiðisk reiddisk reiðisk reiddisk
3rd person singular reiðisk reiddisk reiðisk reiddisk
1st person plural reiðumsk reiddumsk reiðimsk reiddimsk
2nd person plural reiðizk reidduzk reiðizk reiddizk
3rd person plural reiðask reiddusk reiðisk reiddisk
imperative present
2nd person singular reizk, reiðisk
1st person plural reiðumsk
2nd person plural reiðizk
Descendants
  • Icelandic: reiða
  • Faroese: reiða
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: reia, reie
    • Norwegian Bokmål: reie
  • Danish: rede
    • Norwegian Bokmål: rede, re

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wraiþijaną. Related to vríða.

Verb

reiða

  1. alternative form of vreiða
Conjugation
Conjugation of reiða — active (weak class 1)
infinitive reiða
present participle reiðandi
past participle reiddr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular reiði reidda reiða reidda
2nd person singular reiðir reiddir reiðir reiddir
3rd person singular reiðir reiddi reiði reiddi
1st person plural reiðum reiddum reiðim reiddim
2nd person plural reiðið reidduð reiðið reiddið
3rd person plural reiða reiddu reiði reiddi
imperative present
2nd person singular reið, reiði
1st person plural reiðum
2nd person plural reiðið
Conjugation of reiða — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive reiðask
present participle reiðandisk
past participle reizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular reiðumk reiddumk reiðumk reiddumk
2nd person singular reiðisk reiddisk reiðisk reiddisk
3rd person singular reiðisk reiddisk reiðisk reiddisk
1st person plural reiðumsk reiddumsk reiðimsk reiddimsk
2nd person plural reiðizk reidduzk reiðizk reiddizk
3rd person plural reiðask reiddusk reiðisk reiddisk
imperative present
2nd person singular reizk, reiðisk
1st person plural reiðumsk
2nd person plural reiðizk

Etymology 3

From ríða.

Noun

reiða f (genitive reiðu)

  1. attendance, service
  2. accommodation
Declension
Declension of reiða (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative reiða reiðan reiður reiðurnar
accusative reiðu reiðuna reiður reiðurnar
dative reiðu reiðunni reiðum reiðunum
genitive reiðu reiðunnar reiðna reiðnanna
Descendants

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

reiða

  1. genitive plural of reið
  2. inflection of reiði:
    1. oblique singular
    2. accusative plural
    3. genitive plural

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “reiða”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 335; also available at the Internet Archive