Obs. rare. [f. prec. sb.; cf. ON. forboða.] = FORBID.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 6428. Forbode the firke þi fode for to wyn.
c. 1475. Rauf Coilȝear, 744.
| Than the curagious Knichtis bad haue him to hing, | |
| ‘For he hes seruit that,’ thay said, ‘be our sicht.’ | |
| ‘God forbot,’ he said, ‘my thank war sic thing | |
| To him that succourit my lyfe in sa euill ane nicht!’ |
