A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

Boden; see [Beden].

[ Bode-word], sb. command, S; bodworde, message, S2.

[ Bodien], v. to announce, S; bodeden, pt. pl., S.—AS. bodian.

[ Body], sb. body, person, PP; bodie, S; bodi, S, PP; bodiȝ, S. Phr.: my ioly body, my jolly self, C2.—AS. bodig.

[ Body-half], sb. the front part (of a dress), PP.

Boile; see [Bule].

[ Boistous], adj. boisterous, noisy, S3; boustious, S3; bustuus, busteous, S3; buystous, W.

[ Boistously], adv. loudly, C2.

[ Bok], sb. book, S, S2, PP; boc, S, S2; boke, P.—AS. bóc; cp. OHG. buoh (Tatian).

[ Bokele], sb. buckle, MD; bokle, MD.—OF. bocle.