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BODIG

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
BODIG, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §292; §299; §324;
bigness or
height of body, stature; statura
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  • Ðæt se mon wǽre lang on bodige

    quod esset vir longæ staturæ,

      Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 33.

  • Wæs Oswine se cyning on bodige heáh

    king Oswine was tall in stature,

      3, 14; S. 540, 7.
the trunk, chest or
parts of the chest, as the back-bone; truncus corporis
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  • Bodig truncus, Wrt. Voc. 283, 26:

    spina,

      Cot. 177: 196.
the BODY; corpus
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  • Ǽgðer ge his fét ge his heáfod ge eác eall ðæt bodig

    either his feet or his head or even all the body,

      Past. 35, 3; Hat. MS. 45 b, 12.
Etymology
[Wyc. body: R. Glouc. Laym. bodi: Orm. bodiȝ: Ger. bottech, m: Bav. bottich, m: M. H. Ger. botech, m: O. H. Ger. botah, m: Gael. bodhag, f.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “BODIG.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4800.

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