Middle English Dictionary Entry
bōdinge ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | bōdinge ger. Also bodiinge & (early) bod(i)ung. |
| Etymology | OE bodung; cp. also boden (1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Evangelizing, preaching, preachment.
Associated quotations
- a1200(OE) Hat.Gosp.(Hat 38)Mat.12.41 : Hyo dyden dead-bote on Ionases bodiunge.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)91 : Eft on ane oðre bodunge ȝelefden fif þusend monna on criste.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)109 : Ne bið naut his lare fremful ne icweme þan ileweden, ȝif he mid wercan to-werpeð his bodunge.
2.
(a) An omen or portent; foreshadowing (of Christianity); (b) presentiment or foretelling (of future events).
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)89 : Þeo alde e on moyses daȝen bitacneðe godspelles bodunge under godes ȝife.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)8821 : Men iseie..þe tailede sterre, þat gret bodiinge is.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9351 : As he wolde..is taper..in þe bissopes hond do, Bodiinge as it were, þe taper berst a tuo..such signe nas noȝt god.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)146b/a : Þe rauen haþ a maner vertue of menynge and bodynge of dyuynacioun.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)259a/b : In vnresonable bestes is wonder redynesse of witte..in bodyng of chaungyng of tyme and wedres.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)283b/a : Wommen þat beþ wicches vseþ þat skynne in here bodynges [L presagiis], whan þay wol excite a man to loue.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1225 Wint.Ben.Rule (Cld D.3)95/10 : Gyf hwyl[c] swustre myst odðe misfehð on bodunȝe [L dum pronuntiat] sealme..heo þærrihte beforan eallum hiȝ dædbetende ȝeeadmede.
Note: New sense = reciting, recitation--per REL
Note: New spelling
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.208 : Som tyme burþes beeþ i-bore wonderliche and wonderliche i-schape for to be bodynge [Higd.(2): to the significacion of thynges to come; L ad significacionem futuorum].
Note: Postdates 2.(a)