Obs.–0 [f. WAN- + OE. boda agent-n. to béodan to BID (recorded only in sense ‘messenger,’ etc.: see BODE sb.1).] (See quot.)
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 515/1. Wanbode [v.r. wambode], he þat byddyth lytylle for a thynge [v.rr. he that bedyt nowt to þe worthe,… þat bydyt nowt to wurth or valv], invalidus licitator.
