riddare

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Lombardic rīdan (to wind, turn).

Verb

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This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

riddàre (first-person singular present rìddo, first-person singular past historic riddài, past participle riddàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to go round in circles

Conjugation

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse riddari, from Middle Low German ridder (rider, knight).

Noun

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riddare c

  1. a knight (armored mounted warrior)
    Riddaren drog sitt svärd
    The knight drew his sword
    en riddare på sin springare
    a knight on his steed
  2. a knight (nobleman obligated to provide knight service)
    dubbas till riddare
    be dubbed a knight / be knighted (in a historical context – adlas is more common otherwise)
  3. a knight (of an order)

Declension

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Declension of riddare 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative riddare riddaren riddare riddarna
Genitive riddares riddarens riddares riddarnas

Derived terms

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