forbeoden

Middle English

Alternative forms

• forbeden, vorbeoden, verbeode, forboden, forbuden, forbiden, forbidden

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)

1. 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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Descendants

• English: forbid
• Scots: forbede, forbeid, forbid, forbyd