Bode

Bode, v. i. To foreshow something; to augur.

Whatever now
The omen proved, it boded well to you.
Dryden.

Syn. -- To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken.

Bode, p. p. of Bid. Bid or bidden. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Bode, imp. & p. p. from Bide. Abode.

There that night they bode.
Tennyson.

Bode, n. [See Abide.] A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.]

Bode (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boded; p. pr. & vb. n. Boding.] [OE. bodien, AS. bodian to announce, tell from bod command; akin to Icel. bo?a to announce, Sw. båda to announce, portend. √89. See Bid.] To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow.

A raven that bodes nothing but mischief.
Goldsmith.

Good onset bodes good end.
Spenser.

Bode, n. [AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG. boto. See Bode, v. t.] A messenger; a herald. Robertson.

Bode, n. 1. An omen; a foreshadowing. [Obs.]

The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth.
Chaucer.

2. A bid; an offer. [Obs. or Dial.] Sir W. Scott