A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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(Wele bodin,) Welbodin, Weill bodin, p.p. and ppl. adj. Also: welle bodyn, weil bodyn, weilboden, weill boidin, -bodden, veill boddin. [Bodin p.p. and ppl. adj.] a. Well armed, well equipped for fighting. b. Well provided with resources. Also proverb.a. c1420 Wynt. viii 6843.
Swa mony Off welle bodyn [C. weil bodyn] Frawns men 1496 Aberd. B. Rec. I 60.
That al fremen … compeir … at the Cunneger hill, welbodin and abilȝeit for weir in ther personis 1535 Stewart 39996.
Weill boidin war with bow, buklar and brand 1562 Aboyne Rec. 486.
[All men to hold themselves in readiness] weilboden in feir of warb. a1568 Bann. MS 138a/74.
Tak thair for my pairte of the feist It is weill knawin I am weill bodin 1578 Waus Corr. 190.
Ye knaw I haif lettlie delyuerit sum silvir to your lordschip quhairffoir I am nocht veill boddin at this presentproverb. a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS 598.
He is weill bodden ther ben that neidis nather borrow nor lend
