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cóðu

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
cóðu, e; f; cóðe, an; f; cóða, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§366;
A disease, sickness, pestilence; morbus
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  • Mycel orfes wæs ðæs geáres forfaren þurh mistlíce cóða

    much cattle was destroyed this year through various diseases

    • Chr. 1041
      • ;
    • Erl. 169, 9.

  • Swylc cóðe com on mannum . . . ðæt mænige swulton

    such a disease came on men . . . that many died

    • Chr. 1087
      • ;
    • Th. 353, 37.

  • Seó miccle cóða

    the great disease, leprosy

    ;

    elephantinus morbus

    ,
    • Homl. Th. ii. 480, 10.

  • Seó cóðu ðe lǽcas hátaþ paralisin

    the disease which physicians call palsy

    • ii. 546, 29.

  • He fram ðære cóðe hine gehǽlde

    he healed him from the disease

    • i. 400, 10.

  • Wið wambe cóðum

    for diseases of the stomach

    • L. M. 2, 32
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 234, 1.
Derived forms
ban-cóða, -cóðu, bræc-, eár-, fǽr-, fót-, heort-, in-, múþ-, sweor-, un-
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “cóðu.” 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/6624.

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  • cóðu, n.

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