† bodragn.
Obsolete.
A hostile incursion, a raid.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > raid > [noun]
roadeOE
skeck1297
chevacheec1380
forayc1400
reisea1450
raid1455
bodrag1537
skeg1542
reid1544
inroad1548
outroad1560
excursion1577
excurse1587
bodraging1590
cavalcade1591
chevachance1592
chivancy1616
algaradea1649
course1651
outrakea1765
commando1791
razzia1821
muru1836
chappow1860
night raid1872
1537 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 480 The castelles be not for our defence agaynst ther stelthe and bodrakes.
1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 172/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Nothing liking the outrages, bodrages, and villanies dailie practised by Barrie, Condon, and others.
1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. B4 No nightly bodrags, nor no hue and cries.
Derivatives
bodraging n. (also bordraging)
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > raid > [noun]
roadeOE
skeck1297
chevacheec1380
forayc1400
reisea1450
raid1455
bodrag1537
skeg1542
reid1544
inroad1548
outroad1560
excursion1577
excurse1587
bodraging1590
cavalcade1591
chevachance1592
chivancy1616
algaradea1649
course1651
outrakea1765
commando1791
razzia1821
muru1836
chappow1860
night raid1872
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. Y5 Yet oft annoyd with sondry bordragings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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