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English
Noun
forbod
- 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.
Verb
forbod
- obsolete simple past of forbid.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *furibudą, equivalent to for- + bod. Cognate with Old High German firbot (>German Verbot), Dutch verbod; Swedish förbud, Danish forbud.
Pronunciation
Noun
forbod n (nominative plural forbodu)
- a forbidding, forbode, prohibition
Declension
Declension of forbod (strong a-stem)
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