"bodian" meaning in Old English

See bodian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbo.di.ɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *bodōn (“to proclaim, teach, instruct”) Etymology templates: {{root|ang|ine-pro|*bʰewdʰ-}}, {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*bodōn|t=to proclaim, teach, instruct}} Proto-West Germanic *bodōn (“to proclaim, teach, instruct”) Head templates: {{ang-verb}} bodian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|bodian<w2>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], bodian [infinitive], bodienne [infinitive], bodiġe [first-person, present, singular], bodode [first-person, past, singular], bodast [present, second-person, singular], bododest [past, second-person, singular], bodaþ [present, singular, third-person], bodode [past, singular, third-person], bodiaþ [plural, present], bododon [past, plural], bodiġe [present, singular], bodode [past, singular], bodiġen [plural, present], bododen [past, plural], boda [imperative, past, present, singular], bodiaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], bodiende [imperative, present], bodod [imperative, past], ġebodod [imperative, past]
  1. to tell, proclaim, announce
    Sense id: en-bodian-ang-verb-VZuatFDp
  2. to boast
    Sense id: en-bodian-ang-verb-GV5qaxM1 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 17 64 10 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 52 18 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 61 15 14
  3. to preach
    Sense id: en-bodian-ang-verb-k8FlkZjN
  4. to foretell, prophesy
    Sense id: en-bodian-ang-verb-Z8BuRPtA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forebodian, ġebodian Related terms: bod, boda

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "forebodian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ġebodian"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "bodien",
            "3": "boden"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: bodien, boden",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: bodien, boden"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "bode"
          },
          "expansion": "English: bode",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: bode"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰewdʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*bodōn",
        "t": "to proclaim, teach, instruct"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *bodōn (“to proclaim, teach, instruct”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *bodōn (“to proclaim, teach, instruct”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bododest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bododon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bododen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġebodod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bodian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bodian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bod"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "boda"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Say what I am called, who as actress loudly imitate a jester song, proclaim many welcome guests as heroes with my voice.",
          "ref": "10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8:",
          "text": "Saga hwæt iċ hātte, þe swā scireniġe scēawendwīsan hlūde onhyrġe, hæleþum bodie wilcumena fela wōþe mīnre.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tell, proclaim, announce"
      ],
      "id": "en-bodian-ang-verb-VZuatFDp",
      "links": [
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ],
        [
          "proclaim",
          "proclaim"
        ],
        [
          "announce",
          "announce"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 64 10 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 52 18 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 61 15 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to boast"
      ],
      "id": "en-bodian-ang-verb-GV5qaxM1",
      "links": [
        [
          "boast",
          "boast"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "...he sent Augustine and many other God-fearing monks to preach God's word to the people of England.",
          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History\n...he sende Agustinum ⁊ ōðre moniġe munecas mid hine Drihten ondrēdende bodian Godes word Ongolþēode.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to preach"
      ],
      "id": "en-bodian-ang-verb-k8FlkZjN",
      "links": [
        [
          "preach",
          "preach"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to foretell, prophesy"
      ],
      "id": "en-bodian-ang-verb-Z8BuRPtA",
      "links": [
        [
          "foretell",
          "foretell"
        ],
        [
          "prophesy",
          "prophesy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbo.di.ɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bodian"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 2 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰewdʰ-",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "forebodian"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġebodian"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "bodien",
            "3": "boden"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: bodien, boden",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: bodien, boden"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "bode"
          },
          "expansion": "English: bode",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: bode"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰewdʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*bodōn",
        "t": "to proclaim, teach, instruct"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *bodōn (“to proclaim, teach, instruct”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *bodōn (“to proclaim, teach, instruct”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bododest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bododon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bododen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bodod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġebodod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bodian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bodian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bod"
    },
    {
      "word": "boda"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Say what I am called, who as actress loudly imitate a jester song, proclaim many welcome guests as heroes with my voice.",
          "ref": "10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8:",
          "text": "Saga hwæt iċ hātte, þe swā scireniġe scēawendwīsan hlūde onhyrġe, hæleþum bodie wilcumena fela wōþe mīnre.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tell, proclaim, announce"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ],
        [
          "proclaim",
          "proclaim"
        ],
        [
          "announce",
          "announce"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to boast"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boast",
          "boast"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "...he sent Augustine and many other God-fearing monks to preach God's word to the people of England.",
          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History\n...he sende Agustinum ⁊ ōðre moniġe munecas mid hine Drihten ondrēdende bodian Godes word Ongolþēode.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to preach"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "preach",
          "preach"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to foretell, prophesy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "foretell",
          "foretell"
        ],
        [
          "prophesy",
          "prophesy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbo.di.ɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bodian"
}

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