Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
ride
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ridest.
Examples
-
“Who art thou who thus ridest into my burg, as none has durst hitherto without the leave of my sons?”
-
By Allah, none took my gown and turband but thou, and except thou give them back to me at once, I will throw thee off the back of that she-ass thou ridest and come down on thy pate with this quarterstaff, till thou canst not stir!
-
-- I saw in a book that Jesus (Blessing and peace be upon him!) passed a man who was making donkey-saddles and saying in his worship, "O Lord, if I knew where Thine ass is on which Thou ridest, I would make a saddle for it and inlay it with jewels."
Jesus in Islam dudemanflab 2007
-
Ha, ha, most noble knight, said Queen Guenever, I see well thou art hard bestead when thou ridest in a chariot.
-
Merlin; "I know, too, the errand on which thou ridest, and I will help thee if thou wilt."
Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion Beatrice Clay
-
Then Mord said, "Now is the suit set on foot as ye asked, and now I will pray thee, Thorgeir Craggeir, to come to me when thou ridest to the Thing, and then let us both ride together, each with our band, and keep as close as we can together, for my band shall be ready by the very beginning of the Thing, and I will be true to you in all things."
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
-
Thou ridest on the back of a lion for performing thy journeys.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
-
The shepherd rode straight into the "town"; and Gunnar said, "Why ridest thou so hard?"
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
-
_Walkest, ridest, standest_, are of the second person singular; and _walks_ or _walketh, rides_ or _rideth, stands_ or _standeth_, are of the third person singular.
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Samuel Kirkham
-
Thou ridest upon an excellent car constructed by the celestial artificer himself, with axles that do not creak, and with standard that bears the ape.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.