- riða
- I)(að), v. to tremble, move unsteadily (riðuðu augu).II)f. shivering fever, ague.* * *u, f. a shivering fever, ague. El. 1, MS. 544. 39, Sks. 137: in mod. usage the trembling of the head and hands from age or infirmity.COMPDS: riðusjúkr, riðusótt.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.