Riden

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. An old or nonstandard past participle of ride, meaning having traveled on horseback or in a vehicle
2. A dialect or archaic form of the past participle of ride, used for having journeyed astride a horse
3. Old past participle form of ride, indicating that someone has already mounted and traveled on an animal or vehicle

Etymology: "Riden" is a spelling variant of "ryden", an older form of the English verb "ride". The variant spelling reflects the Middle English practice of writing the word with an "-en" ending, the same ending seen in many Old and Middle English verbs such as "gon" for "go" or "seen" alongside "see". Within that family of spellings, "riden" and "ryden" are simply two forms of one word, so the older spelling gives the verb its shape while the modern word has lost the final "-en" in everyday use.

Synonyms: ridden