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bodian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
bodian, bodigan, bodigean; part. bodiende, bodigende; p. ode, ede, ade, ude; pp. od, ed, ad, ud; v. a. [bod a message] .
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
to tell, announce, proclaim, preach; nuntiare, annuntiare, enuntiare, narrare, prædicare, evangelizare
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  • Ongan se Hǽlend bodian

    cœpit Iesus prædicare,

      Mt. Bos. 4, 17: Mk. Bos. 1, 45: Exon. 49 a; Th. 169, 2; Gú. 1088.

  • He ongan bodigean on Decapolim

    cœpit prædicare in Decapoli,

      Mk. Bos. 5, 20: Cd. 169; Th. 210, 4; Exod. 510.

  • Ic eom asend ðé ðis bodian

    missus sum hæc tibi evangelizare,

      Lk. Bos. 1, 19: Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 13.

  • To bodianne godcunde láre

    ad prædicandum docerinam divinam,

      5, 9, titl; S. 622, 4.

  • Com se Hǽlend on Galileam Godes ríces gódspell bodigende

    venit Iesus in Galilæam prædicans evangelium regni Dei,

      Mk. Bos. 1, 14: Ps. Lamb. 2, 6.

  • Ic bodie

    annuntiabo,

      Ps. Th. 54, 17.

  • Ðæt ic bodige oððe ðæt ic cýðe ealle herunga oððe lofunga ðíne on geatum déhter oððe dóhtra ðæs múntes [Siones]

    ut annuntiem omnes laudationes tuas in portis filiæ Sion,

      Ps. Lamb. 9, 15: Exon. 103 a; Th. 391, 3; Rä. 9, 10.

  • Me ðes ár bodaþ frécne fǽrspell

    this messenger announces to me a horrible unforeseen message,

      Exon. 69 b; Th. 259, 3; Jul. 276: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 45; Met. 29, 23.

  • Heofonas bodiaþ oððe cýðaþ wuldor Godes

    cæli enarrant gloriani Dei,

      Ps. Spl. 18, 1: Salm. Kmbl. 474; Sal. 237.

  • Ðes apostol Iacobus bodode on Iudéa lande

    this apostle James preached in Judea [lit. in the land of the Jews ],

      Homl. Th. ii. 412, 23.

  • Ymb Bethleem bododon englas ðæt acenned wæs Crist on eorþan

    angels announced about Bethlehem that Christ was born on earth,

      Hy. 10, 23; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 23.

  • Bodedon heofonas rihtwísnysse his

    annuntiaverunt cali justitiam ejus,

      Ps. Spl. 96, 6: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 6; Jud. 244.

  • Hý bodudon

    annuntiaverunt,

      Ps. Spl. 43, 1.

  • Cýðaþ oððe bodiaþ betwux þeódum his gecneordnyssa oððe his ymbhoga

    annuntiate inter gentes studia ejus,

      Ps. Lamb. 9, 12: Andr. Kmbl. 669; An. 335.

  • Wæs ðæt weátácen geond ða burh bodad

    the fatal token was proclaimed throughout the town,

      2241; An. 1122.
to foretell, predict, prophesy, promise; prædicere, promittere
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  • Him ðone dæg willan Drihten bodode

    the Lord had foretold [promised] to him that day of desire,

      Cd. 133; Th. 168, 2; Gen. 2776: Beo. Th. 3608; B. 1802.

  • Ðæt wæs oft bodod ǽr befóran fram fruman worulde

    it was often foretold long before from the beginning of the world,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2280; El. 1141.
Etymology
[Laym. bodien: O. Frs. bodia: Icel. boða to announce.]
Derived forms
DER. fóre-bodian, ge-, to-.
Linked entries
v.  bodigean bodiend-lic.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “bodian.” 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/4799.

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