reið

See also: reid, reith, Reid, and reíd

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)

Derived terms

• bifreið
• eimreið
• sjálfrennireið

Etymology 2

Verb

reið

1. first-person singular past indicative of ríða
2. 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

References

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