réidid

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈr͈ʲeːðʲiðʲ]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to ride, drive
    • 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.

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Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: réidid

References[edit]

  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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