forbode

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English forbode, forbod, from Old English forbod (“a forbidding, prohibition”), from Proto-Germanic *frabudą (“prohibition”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, fully perceive”), equivalent to for- +‎ bode. Cognate with Dutch verbod, German Verbot, Danish forbud, Swedish förbud. More at forbid.

Alternative formsEdit

• forbod

NounEdit

forbode (plural forbodes)

1. (archaic) A forbidding, prohibition.
2. (archaic) A command forbidding a thing.

   God's/The Lord's forbode

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English, from Old English forbēad/forbudon, past tense forms of forbēodan (“to forbid”). More at forbid.

VerbEdit

forbode

1. obsolete simple past tense of forbid.

Etymology 3Edit

VerbEdit

forbode (third-person singular simple present forbodes, present participle forboding, simple past and past participle forboded)

1. Alternative form of forebode

TranslationsEdit

forebode — see forebode

ReferencesEdit

• forbode at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• (of past participle) forbydd, forbydt

AdjectiveEdit

forbode

1. neuter singular of forboden

VerbEdit

forbode

1. past participle of forby
2. past participle of forbyde