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Ridden vs Lidden - What's the difference?

ridden | lidden |

As a verb ridden

is or ridden can be .

As an adjective ridden

is full of.

As a noun lidden is

(archaic|dialectal) a saying, song or story.

ridden

English

Etymology 1

See (verb)

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Full of.
  • Oppressed by.
    • Usage notes
    * Usually used as combining form: guilt-ridden, etc.

    Etymology 2

    See

    Verb

    (head)
    • English irregular past participles

    lidden

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, dialectal) A saying, song or story.
  • * 1905 , Arthur Quiller-Couch, Shakespeare's Christmas and other stories , "Frenchman's Creek",
    • She kept up this lidden all through breakfast, and the meal was no sooner cleared away than she slipped on a shawl and stepped across to the churchyard to discuss the robbery.

    References

    * Wordnik