forbyde.
to disallow, forbid, ban
Meaning & usage
to disallow, forbid, ban
Where this word comes from
From Old Danish forbiuthæ, forebiuþa, from Old Norse fyrirbjóða, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *furibeudaną. Cognate with Swedish förbjuda, Norwegian Bokmål forby, Norwegian Nynorsk forby, forbyde, forbyda, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (faurbiudan), English forbid, German verbieten, Dutch verbieden. Equivalent to for- + byde.
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