bodge
English
/bɒdʒ/
verb
Definitions
- (British) To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend, patch up, repair.
- To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bocchen (mend, patch up, repair) derived from Middle Dutch botsen inherited from Old English bōtettan (improve, repair, remedy, cure), bōtian (get better).
Origin
Old English
bōtian
Gloss
get better
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bodger English
- botch English
- butzen German
- botsballon Dutch, Flemish
- botsen Dutch, Flemish
- botsing Dutch, Flemish
- *bautaną Proto-Germanic
- bōtettan Old English
- bōtian Old English
- bocchen Middle English
- boten Middle English
- botun Middle English
- botsen Middle Dutch
- bōzan Old High German
- butzen Middle High German
- bōzeln Middle High German
- bōzen Middle High German