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to ride with others
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  • Nú ic þǽr mi men sende (cf. nonne eres viros

    misimus

    in medium ignis ?,
      Dan. 3, 24) tó
    síðe, nales me sylfa gerád, Az. 175.

  • Gif þonne nelle hwá ge[rí]dan (rídan, tó rídan,

    v. ll. )

    mid his geférum,
      Ll. Lbmn. 160, 16.
to traverse by riding, ride over, ride along the boundaries of land
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  • Ða ic sylf gerád,

      C. D. v. 331, 1.

  • Ðus se preóst hit gerád and se geneát mid hine (cf. hé héht his geneát rídan mid preóste, and hé hine ðá gelǽdde ealle ðá gemǽru,

      140, 30), 141, 24.
  • Heó ealle þá þá landgemǽre geridan, eal swá heó man on fruman þám bisceope lǽdde, iv. 235, 3.
to obtain by riding, ride and get, take possession of
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  • Ðá gerád Æðelwald þone hám æt Winburnan bútan ðæs cyninges leáfe . . . and hæfde ealle ðá geatu forworht,

      Chr. 901; P. 92, 3.

  • Ill a. to handa geridan to bring into a persons power or possession :--

    Ic

    wille ðat man it geride me to hande,
      C. D. iv. 222, 6.

  • Hi sǽdon þám kinge ꝥ hé hæfde swýde ágylt wið Críst ꝥ hé ǽfre sceolde niman ǽnig þing of xpes cyre . . . , sǽdon þám kinge embe Sandwíc hit wæs him to handa geriden . . . Se king . . . swór ꝥ hit nǽfre næs ná his rǽd ná his dǽd ꝥ man sceolde Sandwíc dón fit of ipes cyrð,

      57, 9-17.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-rídan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/49375.

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