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forbode¹

Where it comes from

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.

noun forbodes · forbod

  1. archaic A forbidding, a prohibition; a command forbidding a thing. God's/The Lord's forbode

forbode²

Where it comes from

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

verb

  1. obsolete, past obsolete simple past of forbid

forbode³

verb forbodes · forboding · forboded

  1. alternative Alternative form of forebode

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@misc{forbode_2026,
  title = {forbode},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forbode},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}