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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English forbēodan, equivalent to for- + beoden.
Verb
forbeoden (third-person singular simple present forbiet, forbedeth, forbedes, present participle forbeodende, forbeodand, forbeodinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative forbead, forbude, forbuden, past participle forboden)
- to forbid
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Parsons Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC:
Here may ye seen that nat only the dede of this sinne is forboden, but eek the desyr to doon that sinne.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants