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

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse reiða.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. (transitive, with accusative) to carry on horseback
2. (transitive, with accusative) to pay

Conjugation

reiða — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að reiða
supine (sagnbót)		reitt
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		reiðandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég reiði	við reiðum	present (nútíð)	ég reiði	við reiðum
	þú reiðir	þið reiðið		þú reiðir	þið reiðið
	hann, hún, það reiðir	þeir, þær, þau reiða		hann, hún, það reiði	þeir, þær, þau reiði
past (þátíð)	ég reiddi	við reiddum	past (þátíð)	ég reiddi	við reiddum
	þú reiddir	þið reidduð		þú reiddir	þið reidduð
	hann, hún, það reiddi	þeir, þær, þau reiddu		hann, hún, það reiddi	þeir, þær, þau reiddu
imperative (boðháttur)	reið (þú)	reiðið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	reiddu	reiðiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Noun

reiða f (genitive singular reiðu, no plural)

1. order, file, row

Derived terms

• óreiða (“disorder, chaos”)

Related terms

• reið

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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	present	past
1st-person singular	reiði	reidda
2nd-person singular	reiðir	reiddir
3rd-person singular	reiðir	reiddi
1st-person plural	reiðum	reiddum
2nd-person plural	reiðið	reidduð
3rd-person plural	reiða	reiddu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	reiða	reidda
2nd-person singular	reiðir	reiddir
3rd-person singular	reiði	reiddi
1st-person plural	reiðim	reiddim
2nd-person plural	reiðið	reiddið
3rd-person plural	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	present	past
1st-person singular	reiðumk	reiddumk
2nd-person singular	reiðisk	reiddisk
3rd-person singular	reiðisk	reiddisk
1st-person plural	reiðumsk	reiddumsk
2nd-person plural	reiðizk	reidduzk
3rd-person plural	reiðask	reiddusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	reiðumk	reiddumk
2nd-person singular	reiðisk	reiddisk
3rd-person singular	reiðisk	reiddisk
1st-person plural	reiðimsk	reiddimsk
2nd-person plural	reiðizk	reiddizk
3rd-person plural	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	present	past
1st-person singular	reiði	reidda
2nd-person singular	reiðir	reiddir
3rd-person singular	reiðir	reiddi
1st-person plural	reiðum	reiddum
2nd-person plural	reiðið	reidduð
3rd-person plural	reiða	reiddu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	reiða	reidda
2nd-person singular	reiðir	reiddir
3rd-person singular	reiði	reiddi
1st-person plural	reiðim	reiddim
2nd-person plural	reiðið	reiddið
3rd-person plural	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	present	past
1st-person singular	reiðumk	reiddumk
2nd-person singular	reiðisk	reiddisk
3rd-person singular	reiðisk	reiddisk
1st-person plural	reiðumsk	reiddumsk
2nd-person plural	reiðizk	reidduzk
3rd-person plural	reiðask	reiddusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	reiðumk	reiddumk
2nd-person singular	reiðisk	reiddisk
3rd-person singular	reiðisk	reiddisk
1st-person plural	reiðimsk	reiddimsk
2nd-person plural	reiðizk	reiddizk
3rd-person plural	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

• Norwegian Nynorsk: reie
• Old Swedish: rēþa
  • Swedish: reda
• Old Danish: rethæ
  • Danish: rede

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

References

• reiða in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.