Meaning of Bode | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An omen; a foreshadowing.
2. A bid; an offer.
   dialectal, obsolete
3. A herald; a messenger.
4. A stop; a halting; delay.
5. A surname.
6. A male given name.
7. A city in Iowa.
8. A village in Nepal.
9. A river in Germany, a tributary to the Saale
10. A small river and tributary to the Wipper

Equivalents

Examples

“What bode ye shall to your lord bear?”

“[T]he fame of the Duke's coming was sent abroad by the bodes or messengers, despatched to prepare the towns through which he was to pass for an arrival sooner than expected, […]”

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