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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bode, Bod, n. [ME. bode, bod, OE. bod.] An offer.1456 Hay I. 248/12.
Alssua the law sais that a violence bydis ane othir, and biddis bodis a1598 Ferg. Prov. 112.
Ye will get war bods or Belten 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 419.
His bode is ever welcome to me, be what it will
