Etymology

bodle

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Today it means: A former Scottish copper coin of less value than a bawbee, worth about one-sixth of an English penny. Full definition →

Old English botl
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frombotl“dwelling house”
  2. English todayBodle

Topographic surname for someone who lived or worked at a particularly large house, from Old English botl (“dwelling house”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbotl all →

bottleWalbottle

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.