Definitions
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1 ridda
m. I. a horseman, rider :-- Ridda oððe rídende eques, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Som. 11, 8. Ridda homo equo portatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 65. Se ridda (cf. sum wegfarende mann, 1. 168) férde forþ on his weg, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 175. II. a mounted soldier :-- Hors and ðone riddan hé áwearp on sǽ, Cant. Moys. Feówer hund and þúsend cræta hé hæfde and twelf þúsend riddena, Homl. Th. ii. 578, 3. Pharao him filigde mid his crætum and gilplícum riddum.... Seó sǽ ealle his crætu and riddan oferwreáh, 194, 22-27. Ðá gemétte Martinus ánne nacodne þearfan, and his nán ne gýmde, ðeáh ðe hé ða riddan ðæs bǽde ... Ðá hlógon ða cempan sume, 500, 19-28. ridda
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
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