different between didder vs ridder

English

Etymology

From Middle English didderen (“to tremble”).

Verb

didder (third-person singular simple present didders, present participle diddering, simple past and past participle diddered)

1. (dialect, intransitive) To rattle or shiver.

Derived terms

• dither

Anagrams

• ridded

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ridder, rydder, from Old English hridder (“sieve”) (also as Old English hriddel > English riddle (“sieve”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hr?dr?, from Proto-Germanic *hr?dr?, *hr?dr? (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to divide; part; separate; sift”). Cognate with German Reiter (“sieve”).

Noun

ridder (plural ridders)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) a sieve

Etymology 2

From Middle English riddren, from Old English hridrian, from Proto-Germanic *hr?dr?n? (“to sieve; sift”), from the noun. See above.

Verb

ridder (third-person singular simple present ridders, present participle riddering, simple past and past participle riddered)

1. (transitive) to sieve; sift; riddle

Etymology 3

rid +? -er

Noun

ridder (plural ridders)

1. One who, or that which, rids.

Anagrams

• drider

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”), from Middle Dutch riddere, a Flemish variant of rîdere, from rîden (“to ride”) +? -er. It was used to translate Old French chevalier (“knight”). The Dutch word was also borrowed to German Ritter, Old Norse riddari, and Swedish riddare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ið??]

Noun

ridder c (singular definite ridderen, plural indefinite riddere)

1. (historical) knight (a medieval horseman)
2. knight (a person on whom a knighthood has been conferred by a monarch)
3. (historical) knight (a member of the equestrian order in Ancient Rome)

Inflection

Derived terms

• ridderlig ("chivalrous")
• ridderskab ("knighthood")

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?d?r/
• Hyphenation: rid?der
• Rhymes: -?d?r

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch riddere, a variant form of ridere, from Old Dutch *r?dere, from r?dan +? -ere (equivalent to modern rijder).

Noun

ridder m (plural ridders, diminutive riddertje n)

1. A knight.
2. (obsolete) One of certain butterflies of the family Papilionidae.
   1. (obsolete) In particular, the swallowtail, Papilio machaon.

Derived terms

• ridderkapel
• ridderschap
• riddertijd
• roofridder

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ridder

Etymology 2

Verb

ridder

1. first-person singular present indicative of ridderen
2. imperative of ridderen

Middle Low German

Etymology

Alteration of rider. From riden (“to ride”), from Proto-West Germanic *r?dan, from Proto-Germanic *r?dan?. Cognate with Dutch ridder and German Ritter (“knight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?d??r/

Noun

ridder m (older plural riddere, younger/regional plural ridders)

1. a knight, an armored professional soldier usually employing a horse
2. a rider, someone who rides (regularly or professionally)

Related terms

• rider (someone who rides)
• riden

Descendants

• Danish: ridder

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ridder m (definite singular ridderen, indefinite plural riddere, definite plural ridderne)

1. a knight

Derived terms

• ridderspore

References

• “ridder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.