bode

Of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); to portend.transitive

• But in the thought and ſcope of my opinion, / This bodes ſome ſtrange eruption to the ſtate.
• But so much haste bodes / Right little speed, and— […]

To declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs; to foretell, to predict; specifically, to predict (something undesirable); to forebode.archaictransitive

• Augur accurſt! denouncing Miſchief ſtill, / Prophet of Plagues, for ever boding Ill!
• Forgive my Impatience: But my preſaging Mind bodes horrid Miſchiefs!

Often followed by ill or well: of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of something.intransitive

• VVhat ever novv / The Omen prove, it boded vvell to you.
• "Vile wretch!" the angry chief replied, / "Thou ever bodest ill; / If I had but thee in my power, / Thy heart's blood I would spill."

A feeling that something is going to happen; a premonition, a presentiment.

An indication, an omen, a sign.obsolete

• Ovr Poet […] deſires that yee / VVould not diſtaſte his Muſe, becauſe of late / Tranſplanted, vvhich vvould grovv here, if no fate / Have an unlucky bode […]

A message; also, news, tidings.obsolete

• Thorough counsel I shall you answer, / What bode ye shall to your lord bear.

An offer to pay a certain amount of money for something; a bid.Northern-EnglandScotland

• Na, na, Captain; ye're ower young and ower free o' your siller [silver]—ye should never tak a fish-wife's first bode; […]

To make a bid or offer for (something); to bid, to offer.Scotlandtransitive

• 52. Bode good, and get it. / 53. Bode a Robe, and wear it; bode a Sack, and bear it. / Speak heartily, and expect Good, and it vvill fall out accordingly.

A herald; a messenger.

• [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, […]

An act of biding or waiting; a wait; also, a delay.Scotlandobsolete

• [M]ake thou thy boade, / In reſolution to reuenge theſe vvronges, / VVith bloud of thouſands guiltleſſe of this rage, / Flie thou on them amaine: […]

simple past of bideform-ofpast