boden.1
/bəʊd/, U.S. /boʊd/ One who makes an announcement; a herald, a messenger. Obsolete from 12th cent., but recently affected by some writers on Old English history.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger
erendrakec825
bodec888
apostlec950
sand1038
sandesman1123
sanderbodec1200
bearer?c1225
errand-bearer?c1225
messenger?c1225
erindeberea1250
sand-manc1275
beadsman1377
herald1377
messagea1382
runnera1382
sendmana1400
interpreter1490
nuntius1534
post1535
pursuivant?1536
nuncius1573
nuncio1587
carrier1594
nunciate1596
mercury1597
chiaus1599
foreranger1612
postera1614
irisa1616
missivea1616
chouse1632
angela1637
caduceator1684
purpose messenger1702
errand-bringer1720
harkara1747
commissionaire1749
carrier pigeon1785
errander1803
errand-porter1818
tchaush1819
card carrier1845
errand-goer1864
choush1866
ghulam1882
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxvi. i Þu þe eart boda and forrynel ðæs soþan leohter.
c1175 Cott. Hom. 219 Angeli (boden), archangeli (hahboden).
1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Bode, a messenger.
1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. iii. i. 145 Fast..went the bodes and riders of the Earl.
1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 114 The Beadle..the Bode or messenger of the Court.
1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 344 Their bodes brought the news of the landing at Pevensey.
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boden.2
/bəʊd/, U.S. /boʊd/ΘΚΠ
society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun]
willeOE
i-bodc888
bodea1000
hestc1000
bedec1175
bodewordc1175
device1307
commandmentc1386
assignment1393
hetec1394
commandinga1400
commissionc1400
willinga1425
mandament1442
behesting1582
command1611
assign1633
jussion1773
a1000 Hymns (Gr.) vii. 109 We..þíne bodu bræcon.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15033 Þat bod wes ihalden.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 852 Þere were boun at his bode burneȝ in-noȝe.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > message > [noun]
errandc890
bodec1275
bodeworda1325
messagec1325
sendingc1400
credence1424
a word in a person's ear1566
credency1620
intermessage1691
telegram1852
memorandum1899
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13974 He brohte boden swiðe gode.
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 2046 A bod com fram the sarrazin.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xliv. l. 340 Thanne Cam he to þe Messengers..and of here bode ȝaf hem Answeryng.
1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. clxxvii. 419 His bode is ever welcome to me, be what it will.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun]
foretokenc888
tokeningc888
beaconc950
token971
handsela1200
boding1297
wonder1297
bodec1374
signa1387
foreboding1387
prenostica1393
prognosticc1425
prophetc1430
prognostication?a1439
ostentationa1450
prenostication?a1450
prodigy?a1450
augurationc1450
preparative1460
prenosticate?a1475
prenosticative?a1475
prodige1482
prenosticature1490
tokener1513
weird1513
show token1535
luck1538
prognosticate1541
preamble1548
proffer1548
presagition?c1550
foreshower1555
presage1560
portent1562
ostent1570
presagie1581
omen1582
presagement1586
luck sign1587
augury1588
prognosticon1588
forerunner1589
presager1591
halfner1594
spae1596
abode1598
oss1600
assign1601
augur1603
bodement1613
predictiona1616
prognosticala1618
bespeaker1624
portender1635
pre-indicant1659
foreshadow1834
boder1846
prognosticant1880
sky sign1880
c1374 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 343 The owl eke, that of death the bode ybringeth.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iii. xvii. 285 It was..a good bode and happie presage.
1632 J. Shirley Changes Epil. 70 If no fate Have an unlucky bode.
4. Presentiment, foreboding. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [noun] > instance of
boding1297
pricking of (also in) one's thumbsa1398
sense1549
presagition?c1550
forefeeling1551
aboding1579
bode1587
foresignification1592
presage1597
prevention1601
bodement1642
presentiment1663
forebodea1680
forebodement1755
omening1796
bodeword1832
forefeel1839
hunch1904
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1338/1 With better boad of lucke and lot, receive thou now the same.
1857 C. Heavysege Saul (1869) 214 Down black bodes, false flies.
5. An offer of a price, a bid. Still in northern dialect.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > bidding or offering to buy > the bid or offer
bodec1200
lof1556
tender1666
proposal1701
ticket1778
bid1788
counter-bid1960
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 213 Þe beggere [= buyer] ecneð his bode.
1394 P. Pl. Crede 716 [Friars] bene at lone and at bode As burgeses vsithe.
1790 R. Burns Let. 9 Feb. (1987) 346 I refused fifty-five shillings for her, which was the highest bode I could squeeze.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. x. 215 Ye should never tak a fish-wife's first bode.
1853 C. Reade Christie Johnstone 63 Half-a-crown was his first bode.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > prayer > [noun]
benec1000
bodec1175
namaz1625
salat1652
supplice1656
the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > invocation or appeal
bodec1175
stevenc1200
crya1300
askingc1330
prayerc1330
beseeching1340
invocationc1384
billc1386
conjuringa1400
pealc1400
conjurationc1450
adjuration?1473
remonstrance?1473
interpellation1526
contestation1548
address1570
vocation1574
imprecation1585
appellation1587
supplantation1590
advocation1598
application1607
invoking1611
inclamation1613
conjurement1643
bespeaking1661
vocative1747
incalling1850
appeal1859
appealing1876
appealingness1876
rogative1882
cri de cœur1897
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 65 Wenne scal þos bode [v.r. beode] us god don.
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† boden.3
Obsolete.
Biding, tarrying, waiting, delay. but bode: without delay.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > immediacy > immediately [phrase]
without restc1225
but bodea1300
without residence1488
before you know where you are1803
in a heartbeat1860
before (one) can say knife1874
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun]
longingeOE
bideOE
abodec1225
bodea1300
demura1300
dwella1300
litinga1300
delayc1300
delayingc1300
demurrancec1300
but honec1325
without ensoignec1325
abidec1330
dretchingc1330
dwellingc1330
essoinc1330
tarrying1340
litea1350
delaymenta1393
respitea1393
oversettinga1398
delayancea1400
delitea1400
lingeringa1400
stounding?a1400
sunyiea1400
targea1400
train?a1400
deferring14..
dilation14..
dayc1405
prolongingc1425
spacec1430
adjourningc1436
retardationc1437
prolongation?a1439
training1440
adjournment1445
sleuthingc1450
tarry1451
tarriance1460
prorogation1476
oversetc1485
tarriage1488
debaid1489
supersedement1492
superseding1494
off-putting1496
postponing1496
tract1503
dilating1509
sparinga1513
hafting1519
sufferance1523
tracking1524
sticking1525
stay1530
pause1532
protraction1535
tracting1535
protract of time1536
protracting1540
postposition1546
staying1546
procrastination1548
difference1559
surceasing1560
tardation1568
detract1570
detracting1572
tarryment1575
rejourning1578
detraction1579
longness1579
rejournment1579
holding1581
reprieving1583
cunctation1585
retarding1585
retardance1586
temporizing1587
by and by1591
suspensea1592
procrastinatinga1594
tardance1595
linger1597
forslacking1600
morrowing1602
recess1603
deferment1612
attendance1614
put-off1623
adjournal1627
fristing1637
hanging-up1638
retardment1640
dilatoriness1642
suspension1645
stickagea1647
tardidation1647
transtemporation1651
demurragea1656
prolatation1656
prolation1656
moration1658
perendination1658
offput1730
retardure1751
postponement1757
retard1781
traverse1799
tarrowing1832
mañana1845
temporization1888
procrastinativeness1893
deferral1895
traa dy liooar1897
stalling1927
heel-tapping1949
off-put1970
a1300 Cursor Mundi 2485 An auter [abram] raised wit-outen bad.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 2535 Wit-outen baide.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 149 Boute bod he braydes to þe quene.
c1440 Bone Flor. 1018 Than was there no lenger bode.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 403 [He] gert arme his men..forouten baid.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 213 He dressit him..But ony baid.
1593 G. Peele Famous Chron. King Edward the First sig. C3 Make thou thy boade, In resolution to reuenge these wronges.
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† boden.4
Obsolete.
A pole or perch.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > in form of bar, pole, rod, etc.
stingc725
stakec893
sowelc900
tree971
rungOE
shaftc1000
staffc1000
stockc1000
poleOE
spritOE
luga1250
lever1297
stanga1300
perchc1300
raftc1330
sheltbeam1336
stower1371
palea1382
spar1388
spire1392
perk1396
ragged staff1397
peela1400
slot1399
plantc1400
heck-stower1401
sparkin1408
cammockc1425
sallow stakec1440
spoke1467
perk treec1480
yard1480
bode1483
spit1485
bolm1513
gada1535
ruttock1542
stob1550
blade1558
wattle1570
bamboo1598
loggat1600
barling1611
sparret1632
picket1687
tringle1706
sprund1736
lug-pole1773
polting lug1789
baton1801
stuckin1809
rack-pin1821
picket-pin1844
I-iron1874
pricker1875
stag1881
podger1888
window pole1888
verge1897
sallow pole1898
lat1899
swizzle-stick1962
1483 Cath. Angl. 36 A Bode; pola.
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Boden.5
/ˈbəʊdə/ Astronomy.
Bode's law n. an empirical formula representing the distances of the orbits of the other planets from the orbit of Mercury as forming an approximate geometrical progression.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > theory > astronomical laws > [noun] > planets
theoricc1392
Kepler's laws1781
Bode's law1833
Titius–Bode law1865
1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy Index Bode's law of planetary distances.
1959 Listener 30 July 171/1 During the eighteenth century a German named Titius worked out a numerical relationship in connection with the distances of the various planets; in 1772 this relationship was discussed by another German, Bode, and is generally, though rather unfairly, known as Bode's Law.
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bodev.1
/bəʊd/, U.S. /boʊd/ a. transitive. To announce, proclaim, preach. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > preaching > preach [verb (transitive)]
bodea1000
sermonc1175
spellc1175
preacha1300
sermon1819
predicate1822
sermonize1860
society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > announce or proclaim [verb (transitive)]
kithec725
i-bedea800
abedeeOE
bid971
deemOE
bodea1000
tellOE
clepec1275
to tell outa1382
denouncec1384
publishc1384
descryc1390
pronouncec1390
proclaima1393
sound1412
proclaim?a1425
renouncea1425
announcec1429
preconize?1440
announce1483
reclaim?1503
call1523
to speak forth1526
annunciate1533
protest1533
to breathe out1535
denouncec1540
enact1611
deblazon1621
deblaze1640
advise1647
apostolize1652
indigitatea1670
enounce1807
voice1850
norate1851
enunciate1864
post1961
a1000 Hymns (Gr.) x. 23 Bododon englas, Þæt acenned wæs Crist on eorðan.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxiv. 14 Þis godspel byð bodod [c1160 Hatton G. boded] ofer ealle eorðan.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 1480 Men schal beoden & bodien hit ouer al.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > preaching > preach [verb (intransitive)]
spellc888
bodec1000
preach?c1225
pulpitc1540
homilize1624
sermonize1635
concionatea1641
pronounce1663
pulpiteer1909
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) iv. 17 Syððan ongan se Hæland bodian, and cweðan, Doð dæd-bote.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) v. 20 He ongan bodigean [c1160 Hatton G. bodigen] on decapolim.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 93 [Hi] bodeden mid ane speche.
ΚΠ
a1225 St. Marher. 17 I bidde ant bodie þat tu wurche mi wil.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11842 Leteð blawen bemen and bodien [c1300 Otho bodie] mine monnen. þat æuer-ælc god mon to-niht wakien.
3. To announce beforehand, foretell, predict, prognosticate, presage. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > predict, foretell [verb (transitive)]
fore-sayc900
bodeOE
before-sayOE
before-tella1382
foretella1400
prognostica1400
tella1400
prenosticate?a1475
prenostic1477
prognosticatec1487
forespeak1489
prognostify1495
foreshow1561
prenunce1563
presage1569
boden1573
forewarn1582
predict1590
forehalsen1594
foresignify1597
prognosticon1602
predivine1607
forespell1611
predicate1623
prenuntiate1623
preadmonish1644
forebode1664
prediction1665
prenotea1711
bespeak1721
pre-announce1793
prophesize1848
to call for ——1895
pick1909
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > prophecy > prophesy [verb]
witiec950
bodeOE
prophet?c1450
prophetizea1500
prophesy1583
OE Cynewulf Elene 1140 Gode þancode, sigora dryhtne, þæs þe hio soð gecneow ondweardlice þæt wæs oft bodod feor ær beforan fram fruman worulde.
c1175 Cott. Hom. 235 Hi..bodeden ures hlafordes tocyme.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1155 Other thu bodes huses brune..Other thu bodes cualm of orve.
1676 Bullokar's Eng. Expositor (rev. ed.) Bode, to foretel, or prognosticate.
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 132 Prophet of Plagues, for ever boding Ill!
a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) i. 60 There are Croakers in every Country always boding its Ruin.
4. † c. To signify, typify. Obsolete.
a. Of things: To give promise of, be indicative of, betoken, portend.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (transitive)]
betokenc1275
bode1387
prognostica1400
pretend1402
prognosticate?a1425
ossc1450
importc1487
prognostify1495
protendc1554
presage1562
abode1573
boden1573
denounce1581
importune1590
prejudicate1595
foretoken1598
ominate1598
auspicate1604
divine1607
foredeem1612
warranta1616
augur1630
preaugurate1635
prewarna1637
prenote1641
preominate1646
forespeak1667
omen1697
betidea1799
bespeak1851
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (1865) II. 293 It bodid grete merite and vertue.
1483 Cath. Angl. 36 To Bode, portendere.
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. i. 68 This bodes some strange eruption to the state.
1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico iii. 60 All things seemed to boad a Civill warre.
1822 Ld. Byron Werner ii. i. 248 So much haste bodes Right little speed.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §5. 37 That lingering rosy hue which bodes good weather.
b. esp. (with well or ill) To give good or bad promise, to augur well or ill.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > seem likely to succeed
to look successfullya1616
promisea1616
bode1676
augur1855
to give (also display, show, etc.) promise1886
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (intransitive)] > good
promisea1616
bode1676
augur1788
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (intransitive)] > evil
threatena1616
augur1788
bode1870
1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe ii. 26 What ever now The omen prove, it boded well to you.
1832 R. Whately Let. in E. J. Whately Life & Corr. R. Whately (1866) I. 159 I can see nothing that bodes well to the Church Establishment: I fear its days are numbered.
1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) lxxxiv. 454 Some think this bodes ill for the Church.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > symbolizing by a type > be type of [verb (transitive)]
betokenc1175
bysenc1325
bodea1387
resemblea1393
figure1401
figurate?1548
moralize1597
typify1635
type1831
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 13 Solomon's temple, bodede holy chirche [L. in figura præsentis ecclesiæ].
5. To have a presentiment of; to forebode (generally evil).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > have a presentiment of [verb (transitive)]
forefeela1586
presage1594
bode1740
foreshadow1865
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 208 My presaging Mind bodes horrid Mischiefs.
1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 229 And my soul, dark-stirred with the prophet's mood, Bodes nothing good.
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bodev.2
Scottish.
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transitive. To bid for, make an offer for. Scottish Proverb, Bode a robe and wear it, Bode a poke and bear it.
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