bode

See also bøde, and bódé

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊd
• Homophone: bowed (in one sense)

Etymology 1

From Middle English boden, from Old English bodian (“announce, foretell”), from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to proclaim, announce, lere, instruct”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). Related to Old English boda (“messenger, forerunner”), Dutch bode (“messenger, harbinger”), German Bote (“messenger”), from Proto-Germanic *budô (“messenger”). See bid. Compare also Old Saxon gibod, German Gebot, Old Norse boð).

Since 1740 also a shortening of forebode

Verb

bode (third-person singular simple present bodes, present participle boding, simple past and past participle boded)

1. To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow.
2. (intransitive) To foreshow something; to augur.

Translations

to be the omen of; to portend to presage

• Bulgarian: вещая (bg) (veštaja), предвещавам (bg) (predveštavam)
• German: verheißen (de), ahnen lassen (de), sich ankündigen (de)

• Russian: предвещать (ru) (predveščátʼ) n
• Spanish: anunciarse (es), agorar (es)

To foreshow something; to augur

• Bulgarian: гадая (bg) (gadaja)
• Dutch: voorspellen (nl)

• German: verheißen (de), ahnen lassen (de)

Derived terms

• bodement

Noun

bode (plural bodes)

1. An omen; a foreshadowing.
2. A bid; an offer.
3. A messenger; a herald.

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4. A stop; a halting; delay.

Etymology 2

• inflected form of bide

Verb

bode

1. Simple past of bide.
   • Tennyson

     There that night they bode.

References

• “bode” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001). [1]

Anagrams

• Obed

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bode, from Old Dutch *bodo, from Proto-Germanic *budô. Related to Proto-Germanic *buþą (compare Old Swedish gibod).

Noun

bode m, f (plural boden or bodes, diminutive bodetje)

1. messenger
2. servant

Derived terms

• bodes, bodin (f messenger)
• bodenkamer f or m
• bodenloon n
• dienstbode (f servant only)
• geluksbode m or f
• gerechtsbode m
• ijlbode, renbode, snelbode m or f
• jobsbode, onheilsbode m or f
• postbode m or f

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Verb

bode

1. singular past subjunctive of bieden

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bodo, from Proto-Germanic *budô.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈboːdə/

Noun

bode m

1. messenger
2. servant

Declension

Declension of bode (weak)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	bode	boden
accusative	bode	boden
genitive	boden	boden
dative	bode	boden

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Portuguese

bode

Noun

bode m (plural bodes)

1. goat buck

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Spanish

Noun

bode m (plural bodes)

1. goat buck

Synonyms

• cabrón

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Volapük

Noun

bode

1. dative singular form of bod