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boda

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
boda, an; m. [bod a message, -a, q. v. ]
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §401;
a messenger, ambassador, herald, apostle, angel; nuntius, legatus, præco, apostolus, angelus
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  • Eálá Wísdóm, ðú eart boda and fórrynel ðæs sóðan leóhtes

    O Wisdom, thou art the messenger and forerunner of true light,

      Bt. 36, 1; Fox 170, 28.

  • Me ðes boda sægde wǽrum wordum

    this messenger told me in cautious words,

      Cd. 32; Th. 42, 30; Gen. 680: 32; Th. 43, 6; Gen. 686: 33; Th, 45, 11; Gen. 725.

  • Heó ðæs ládan bodan lárum hýrde

    she obeyed the advice of the loathsome messenger,

      33; Th. 44, 18; Gen. 711.

  • Ða bodan us fǽrdon

    nuntii nos terruerunt,

      Deut. 1, 28: Exon. 27 a; Th. 80, 9; Cri. 1305.

  • Sende he bodan befóran his ansýne

    misit nuntios ante conspectum suum,

      Lk. Bos. 9, 52: Gen. 32, 3: Exon. 24 b; Th. 71, 7; Cri. 1152.

  • Cyninges bodan underfón

    to receive a king's ambassador,

      Lchdm. iii. 210, 15.

  • Se sóda boda ðæs hean leóhtes Agustinus wæs fram him eallum bodad

    verus summæ lucis præco ab omnibus prædicatur Augustinus,

      Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 32.

  • Brimmanna boda

    præco nautarum,

      Byrht. Th. 133, 12; By. 49.

  • Gefeohtes bodan

    heralds of war;

    præfeciales,
      Ælfc. Gl. 53; Som. 66, 81; Wrt, Voc. 36, 7.

  • Ðú Drihtnes eart boda of heofnum

    thou art the Lord's angel from heaven,

      Cd. 26; Th. 34, 5; Gen. 533: Elen. Kmbl. 153; El. 77.

  • Bodan hyrdum cýðdon sóþne gefeán

    angels announced to the shepherds true joy,

      Exon. 14 a; Th. 28, 20; Cri. 449.
a foreboder, prophet; propheta, vates
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  • Gleáw bodan ǽrcwide

    skilled in a prophet's prediction,

      Exon. 83 a; Th. 313, 23; Mód. 4.
Etymology
[R. Brunne bode: Laym. boden, pl: O. Sax. bodo, m: Frs. bode, boade, c: O. Frs. boda, m: Dut. bode, m: Ger. M. H. Ger. bote, m: O. H. Ger. boto, m: Dan. bud: Swed. båd, m: Icel. boði, m. a messenger.]
Derived forms
DER. ǽ-boda, éðel-, fór-, heáh-, nýd-, síþ-, spel-, wil-.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “boda.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4795.

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