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BodEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Shortening.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗bodEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Clipping of body. The sense of “person” may alternatively derive from Scottish Gaelic bodach (“old man”) via Scots.
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Mayhew–Skeat (1888)
1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024- BodMiddle English · word_bod_sb
Bod, sb. abiding, waiting, delay, S2.
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Bod, pt. s. waited, S2; bode, waited for, S2; see Biden.
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Source section: Additions and Corrections. This separately printed note may duplicate a correction already integrated in the source dictionary. Bod, pt. s. waited, S2; bode, waited for, S2; see Biden.
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