reið
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse reið, from Proto-Germanic *raidō.
Noun edit
reið f (genitive singular reiðar, nominative plural reiðir)
Declension edit
declension of reið
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
reið
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Norse *ᚱᚨᛁᛞᚢ (*raidu), Proto-Germanic *raidō.
Noun edit
reið f
- ride, riding
- vehicle, carriage, chariot
- 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 27:
- Þat veitk bezt / und bláum himni
kenninafn, / svát konungr eigi
es Rǫgnvaldr, / reiðar stjóri, […]- I know that best / nickname
under the blue sky / that a king might have
that Rǫgnvaldr, / the steerer of the carriage […]
- I know that best / nickname
- 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 27:
Declension edit
Declension of reið (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms edit
- váfreið (“hover-chariot”)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- reið in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.