ridded

transitive verb rid or ridded, ridding

1. to free, clear, relieve, or disencumber, as of something undesirable: usually with of: to rid oneself of superstitions
2. Obsolete to save or deliver, as from danger, difficulty, etc.; rescue (from, out of, etc.)

Origin: ME ridden, earlier ruden < ON rythja, to clear (land), akin to OE ryddan, OHG riuten < IE *reudh- < base *reu-, to tear up, dig out > rip, rug