bode

 
Pronunciation: /bəʊd/

verb

[no object] (bode well/ill)
  • be a portent of a particular outcome: their argument did not bode well for the future [with object]: the 12 per cent interest rate bodes dark days ahead for retailers

Origin:

Old English bodian 'proclaim, foretell', from boda 'messenger', of Germanic origin; related to German Bote, also to bid1