reið

See also: reid, Reid, reíd, réid, and řɛid

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reiːð/

  Rhymes: -eiːð

Etymology 1

From Old Norse reið, from Proto-Germanic *raidō.

Noun

reið f (genitive singular reiðar, nominative plural reiðir)

1. ride, riding
2. (vulgar) sexual intercourse; fuck, screw
3. (archaic) chariot
4. the R-rune (ᚱ)

Declension

Declension of reið (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	reið	reiðin	reiðir	reiðirnar
accusative	reið	reiðina	reiðir	reiðirnar
dative	reið	reiðinni	reiðum	reiðunum
genitive	reiðar	reiðarinnar	reiða	reiðanna

Derived terms

• bifreið
• eimreið
• sjálfrennireið

Etymology 2

Verb

reið

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of ríða

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚱᚨᛁᛞᚢ (*raidu), Proto-Germanic *raidō.

Noun

reið f

1. ride, riding
2. 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 […]

Declension

Declension of reið (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	reið	reiðin	reiðar	reiðarnar
accusative	reið	reiðina	reiðar	reiðarnar
dative	reið	reiðinni	reiðum	reiðunum
genitive	reiðar	reiðarinnar	reiða	reiðanna

Derived terms

• váfreið (“hover-chariot”)

Related terms

• reiða
• ríða

Descendants

• Icelandic: reið
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rei, reid

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “reið”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 333; also available at the Internet Archive