English

Etymology 1
From O.E. bodian "announce, foretell", from boda "message", cognate with Dutch bode & German Bote 'messenger'; probably related to bid, from the Proto-Germanic root buthan (cf. O.S. gibod, German gebot & Gebot, O.N. boð).
:Since 1740 also a shortening of forebode

Verb
en-verb|bod|ing

1. To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow.

#(v. i.) To foreshow something; to augur.

Noun
en-noun

1. An omen; a foreshadowing.
2. A bid; an offer. (v. t.) A messenger; a herald.
3. A stop; a halting; delay.

Etymology 2
#inflected form of|bide

Verb
bode

1. simple past of|bide

Derived terms
bodement

References
EtymOnLine? ¹

Category:English irregular simple past forms

Dutch

rfe|cognate with German Bote

Noun
bode m or f (plural boden, bodes)

1. messenger
2. servant

Derived terms
bodes, bodin (f messenger)
bodenkamer f or m
bodenloon n
dienstbode (f servant only)
geluksbode m or f
gerechtsbode m
ijlbode, renbode, snelbode m or f
jobsbode, onheilsbode m or f
postbode m or f

References
Koenen

Category:Dutch nouns

Spanish
Noun
bode

1. buck

Category:Spanish nouns

fa:bode
fr:bode
io:bode
pt:bode
ru:bode
fi:bode
te:bode
zh:bode

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