"bode" (past tense of "bide") lives!

[Laurence Horn]

On Apr 29, 2014, at 1:57 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> At 4/29/2014 10:13 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>> From yesterday's NYT:
>>
>> Osmo Vanska is suddenly a man in a hurry. Mr. Vanska, the Finnish
>> conductor, bode his time as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra
>
> Was he also a string player?

Perhaps they couldn't afford to provide an actual baton during the lockout so he had to borrow a bow from one of the (no doubt second) violinists…

LH
>
>> through the first year of management's lockout of the players (which
>> eventually ran to 16 months, ending in February) during a contract
>> dispute, but resigned out of frustration in October.
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/arts/music/a-conductor-rehired-now-must-rebuild.html
>>
>> I can't remember the last time I came across a "bode" in this
>> context, and the other Times occurrences I can find all involve
>> present tense of "bode" (usually followed by "well" or "ill"), or
>> references to skiier Bode Miller, rather than the past of
>> "bide".  Google shows overwhelming preference for "bided" over
>> "bode" with first and third person subjects, but there are some
>> "bode" diehards out there.
>
> And some "bade"?  The OED has a couple under "bide, v.", circa 1400,
> and claims the form for the 17[00s].
>
> Joel
>
>
>> LH
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