eldertongue

Old English · noun

bodig

Normalised bodiġ

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈbo.dij/
Syllables
ˈbo · dij (2 syllables)
Modern English
bodystaturepresencetorsobodilytrunk

Meaning

  1. stature

    Wæs Oswine se cyning on bodiġe hēah.

    King Oswine was tall in stature.

  2. bodily presence

  3. body, trunk, torso, chest

Declension

Declension of bodig
SingularPlural
Nominative bodiġbodiġ
Accusative bodiġbodiġ
Genitive bodiġesbodiġa
Dative bodiġebodiġum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bodag (“body, trunk”)

Descendants

body

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