An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

BODE, s. Delay.
Sir Egeir.

BODDUM, s.
1. Bottom.
Douglas.
2. Hollow, valley.
Douglas.

Alem. bodem, Germ. Belg. boden, solum, fundus.

BODEN, part. pa. Proffered.
V. [Bode], v.

BODEN, BODIN, BODYN, part. pa.
1. Prepared, provided, furnished, in whatever way, S.
Acts Ja. I.

Weil-boden, or ill-boden, well, or ill provided in whatever respect, S.

2. It seems to be used, in one instance, in an oblique sense, as signifying matched.
V. [Boun].
Barbour.

Su. G. bo, Isl. bo-a, to prepare, to provide; wael bodd, well provided against the cold.

BODY, s. Strength, bodily ability.
Barbour.

A. S. bodig not only signifies the body in general, but stature.