bode vs soothsay

bode

noun
  • An omen; a foreshadowing. 

  • A stop; a halting; delay. 

  • A herald; a messenger. 

verb
  • simple past tense of bide 

  • To betoken or augur something good or bad that will happen in the future. 

  • To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell. 

soothsay

noun
  • A portent; an omen. 

  • Soothsaying; prediction; prognostication; prophecy. 

verb
  • To foretell the future; make predictions. 

How often have the words bode and soothsay occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )