forbeoden
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English forbēodan, equivalent to for- + beoden.
Verb
[edit]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, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [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.
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