Middle English Dictionary Entry
ibod n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ibod n. Also ibeod, ȝebod. Pl. ibōdes, ibōden, ibōde, (?error) ibodenes. |
| Etymology | OE gebod. Sense (b) may show confusion with ibēd(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Injunction, command; commandment; (b) ?a prayer [ ? = ibod & -nes suf.]; (c) something offered; proposal, promise.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)12/7 : Ic sungode miclum wið mine drihten þurh ðet ȝebod ðe ic þe bead.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)11 : Þer weren in þer oðres tables sunderliche iii ibode.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4717 : Forð ferde þas sonde to Belin king & seide him þeos ibeod.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14611 : Nulle we nauere mare þine iboden here.
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N.(Lamb 487)65/197 : No gult me forȝeuen bo for hwenne ic i-halde þa ibode þet we habbeð of ure lauerd gode.
- a1300(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Jes-O 29)240 : Þanne deþ hit sone þat þe biþ vnyqueme, Ofer-howeþ þin ibod.
b
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N.(Lamb 487)69/261 : Vre rihte leue, god, cume to þe þurh festing and þurh wacunge and ec þurh ibodenes biddunge.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)22524 : Al he him ȝette, ȝilles and aðes and alle his ibodes.