v. Also 3 biride(n. [OE. berídan f. BE- + rídan to RIDE.]

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  † 1.  trans. To ride around; to beset with horsemen. Obs.

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a. 1000.  Thorpe’s Laws, I. 90 (Bosw.). Ðat he his ʓefan beride.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 10739. Bruttes þa burȝen gunnen biriden [c. 1250 bi-ride].

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  2.  To ride by the side of (obs.); to ride upon, infest.

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1690.  D’Urfey, Collin’s Walk, II. 69 (D.). Those two that there *beride him, And with such Graces Prance beside him.

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1848.  in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, II. vi. 300. When an insect so beridden is taken up, the mites disperse.

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