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BOD

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
BOD, es; pl. u, o, a; n.
A command, commandment, precept, mandate, an edict, order, message; jussum, mandatum, edictum
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  • Hwæt is ðæt bod micle [MS. micla] in ǽ

    quod est mandatum magnum to lege?

      Mt. Lind. Stv. 22, 36: Mk. Lind. Stv. 12, 28, 29, 30, 31: Lk. Lind. Stv. 2, 1.
  • Bod on cine

    diploma,

      Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 110; Wrt. Voc. 46, 67.
  • Hwá swá halt ðis bod [bode MS.] wurðe he éfre wunnende mid God

    whosoever observes this command, may he ever dwell with God,

      Cod. Dipl. 990; A. D. 680; Kmbl. v. 29, 23.
  • We ðíne bodu brǽcon

    we broke thy commandments,

      Hy. 7, 109; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 109.
Etymology
[Laym. bode, bod: Orm. bode: Scot. bode, bod: Plat. bod, ge-bodd, n: O. Sax. gi-bod, n: O. Frs. bod, n: Dut. ge-bod, n: Ger. bot, ge-bot, n: M. H. Ger. ge-bot, n: O. H. Ger. ga-bot, n: Goth. busns, f. in ana-busns: Dan. bud, n: Swed. bud, n: Icel. boð, n. a commandment.]
Derived forms
DER. ǽ-bod, be-, bi-, for-, ge-.
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  • BOD, n.