The story
- Old English · inherited fromberīdan“to ride round, surround, besiege, overtake, seize, occupy”
- Middle English · inherited fromberiden
- English todayberide
From Middle English beriden, biriden, from Old English berīdan (“to ride round, surround, besiege, overtake, seize, occupy”), equivalent to be- (“around, about”) + ride. Cognate with Dutch berijden (“to ride a horse, jockey”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.