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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

ride.

black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/riːðə/[ˈʁiːðə][ˈʁiðð̩]
  1. black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Faroese ryta, rita or Icelandic rita, from Old Norse rytr, derived from the verb rjóta (“to cry”), from the verb Proto-Germanic *reutaną.

verb/riːðə/[ˈʁiːðə][ˈʁiðð̩]
  1. to ride (to sit on the back of an animal)

  2. to have intercourse with (sex position with one person sitting on top of another like on a horse)

    slang
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish rithæ, from Old Norse ríða, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną, cognate with English ride, German reiten.

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