LekhoriLekhoriFollowed by of: to free (oneself or someone, or a place) from an annoyance or hindrance.
I’m glad to be rid of that stupid nickname.
Chiefly of a place: which has been ridded (etymology 1, sense 1.4.1) or cleared; rid-up.
We will make room for you! We will make a rid road from here to Winchester!
Progress which has been made; also, speed.
Forkers are to bee foretolde that they give upp goode forkefulls [of hay], because the winde hath not soe much force and power to blowe it away, and likewise (by this meanes) it is sooner layde, and the loader comes more ridde.
Loose earth, rubble, etc., on the surface of a quarry which must be removed before digging can begin; rid-work.
The verb is derived from Middle English ridden (“to remove debris, obstructions, etc., from (a place), to clear; to complete (something unfinished); to free (someone or something); to relieve (someone...
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Followed by away, from, or out of: to remove (oneself or someone, or something, that is annoying, troublesome, or unwanted).
For the nature of the world is ſuch, that if any man rebuke the wickedneſſe thereof any thing ſharply, it ſéekes to rid them out of the way, too the intent it may ſinne the more licentiouſly.
simple past and past participle of ride
As the second word in a compound: synonym of ridden (“full of; also, dominated, oppressed, or plagued by”).
So Cupids faire mother be thy midvvife: out and alas I am mare rid, vvhat Somners Ghoſt or limme of Lucifer, puts poore Bordello in minde of pennance before he hath treſpaſſed?