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† ˈbodeword Obs. exc. dial.
[f. bode n.2 + word. Only northern.]
†1. Commandment, behest. Obs.
c1200Ormin 4377 Þa tene bodewordess. c1250Gen. & Ex. 361 For ðhu min bodeword haues broken. a1300E.E. Psalter ii. 6 (Mätz.) Spelland his bodeworde.
†2. Message, announcement. Obs.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 2880 Godes bode-wurd bringe ic. c1325Metr. Hom. 44 Hou sain Jon bodword broht bald. He was ryt Cristes messager. 1375Barbour Bruce xv. 423 Of this avow soyne bodword was Brocht till schir Iames of douglass. c1460Towneley Myst. 58 Gladly they wold me greyf, If I syche bodworde broght. 1513Douglas æneis vii. vi. 4 Of peax and concord bodword brocht agane. a1700Ballad ‘Batt. Harlaw’ Sent nae bodword back again.
3. Premonition, presage.
1832–53Whistle-binkie (Sc. Songs) Ser. iii. 84 Sae braw a mornin' gae a bodeword fell, That some wanchance was no that far awa. |