"body" meaning in Scots

See body in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: bodies [plural], bodie [alternative], boady [alternative], buddy [alternative], bothie [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *budagą Proto-West Germanic *bodag Old English bodiġ Middle English bodi Scots body From Middle English body, bodiȝ, from Old English bodiġ, bodeġ (“body, trunk, chest, torso, height, stature”). Etymology templates: {{ety|sco|:inh|enm:bodi|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *budagą Proto-West Germanic *bodag Old English bodiġ Middle English bodi Scots body [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "be awake", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰewdʰ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*bodag", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "bodiġ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "bodi", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Scots", "term" : "body", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sco" }" data-lang="sco" data-title="body">, {{inh|sco|enm|body}} Middle English body, {{inh|sco|ang|bodiġ}} Old English bodiġ, {{ety|sco|:inh|enm:bodi|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *budagą Proto-West Germanic *bodag Old English bodiġ Middle English bodi Scots body Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|bodies|||||cat2=|cat3=|checkredlinks=1|head=}} body (plural bodies), {{sco-noun|bodies}} body (plural bodies)
  1. body
    Sense id: en-body-sco-noun-Iw2DWNyO Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Scots entries with etymon Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 40 60 Disambiguation of Scots entries with etymon: 40 60
  2. person, human being
    Sense id: en-body-sco-noun-jBXCRHqL Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Scots entries with etymology trees, Scots entries with etymon, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 40 60 Disambiguation of Scots entries with etymology trees: 15 85 Disambiguation of Scots entries with etymon: 40 60 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0
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