forbod

forbod

1. Alternative form of forbode
   • 1619, Henry Ainsworth, Annotations Upon the Fifth Book of Moses, Called Deuteronomie, Deuteronomie, Ch. IIII, notes on verse 23:

     Gods Precepts in the Decalogue, are for the most part forbods, or prohibitions; yet usually called commandements.

forbod

1. obsolete simple past of forbid.

From Proto-Germanic *furibudą, equivalent to for- +‎ bod. Cognate with Old High German firbot (>German Verbot), Dutch verbod; Swedish förbud, Danish forbud.

• IPA^(key): /forˈbod/

forbod n (nominative plural forbodu)

1. a forbidding, forbode, prohibition

• Middle English: forbod
  • English: forbode