bode 1 
(b
ōd)
v. bod·ed, bod·ing, bodes
v.tr.1. To be an omen of: heavy seas that boded trouble for small craft.
2. Archaic To predict; foretell.
v.intr. To be an omen; portend: The peace accord bodes well for the city under siege.
[Middle English boden, from Old English bodian, to announce; see bheudh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]