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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1450-1596, 1660
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Forbid, Forbyd, v. P.t. forbadd. P.p. forbedyn, forbiddin, -bidne, -bidding, -byding, forebydding. [ME. forbidde (15th c.), alteration of forbede after bid v. Cf. Forbede v.]
1. tr. To forbid, prohibit.(a) 1451 Reg. Episc. Brechin I. 177.
Forbiddand al maner of mane [etc.] c1490 Irland Asl. MS. I. 36/9.
Gif alluterly he forbidis hir 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 396.
Sanct Gregor … forbyddis ws to translait Word eftir word 1551 Hamilton Catechism 4.
He plainly forbiddis al scismes 1577 Reg. Privy C. II. 648.
The actis … forbiddand to schute at wyld beist(b) a1578 Pitsc. I. 32/10.
Alexander Lewinstoun forbadd thame to mak ony impediment(c) 1456 Hay I. 256/9.
Gage of bataille be all lawis is forbedyn expressely c1450 Craft of Deyng 241.
He sal forsak al heresys … forbyding be haly kyrk 1522 Fife Sheriff Ct. 175.
Our said schiref … hes forebydding his clerk of court to gif … the coppy of the said process 1562-3 Winȝet II. 22/4.
A grete parte, the townis being forbiddin thame, wes … banissit 1596 Dalr. I. 101/4.
Slauchtir and sik iniures be the lawe of God forbidne 1660 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 193.
Being thrie tymes prohibit and forbiddin be the sacrister
2. In the phrase God forbid.1456 Peebles B. Rec. 115.
Gyf … he de in the mene tym, as God forbid he do a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1572) 57.
‘Mary, God forbid’, said the king c1550 Lynd. Meldrum (1594) 965.
Na, God forbid, it wer greit syn 1562-3 Winȝet I. 114/11.
But God forbid … that ȝe be [etc.] a 1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlvii. 19.
Na, God forbid
