forbode

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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 forms ==== forbod ==== Noun ==== forbode (plural forbodes) (archaic) A forbidding, a prohibition; a command forbidding a thing. God's/The Lord's forbode 2012, The Broadview Anthology of Medieval Drama, The Towneley Plays: The First Shepherds' Play (translated from Middle English into English), page 153: FIRST SHEPHERD. God's forbode thou spare't and thou drink every deal.7 7 God's forbode ... deal God forbid (literally "God's forbidding") that you refrain from drinking even if you drink it all. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English [Term?], from Old English forbēad/forbudon, past tense forms of forbēodan (“to forbid”). More at forbid. ==== Verb ==== forbode obsolete simple past of forbid. === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== forbode (third-person singular simple present forbodes, present participle forboding, simple past and past participle forboded) Alternative form of forebode. ===== Translations ===== === References === “forbode”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === forbydd, forbydt (of past participle) === Adjective === forbode neuter singular of forboden === Verb === forbode past participle of forby past participle of forbyde == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /forˈbo.de/ === Noun === forbode dative singular of forbod