Old English · noun
forbod
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /forˈbod/
- Syllables
- for · ˈbod (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- forbodeforbiddingprohibition
Meaning
-
a forbidding, forbode, prohibition
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *furibudą, equivalent to for- + bod. Cognate with Old High German firbot (>German Verbot), Dutch verbod; Swedish förbud, Danish forbud.
Descendants
forbode
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