forbyde (imperative forbyd, infinitive at forbyde, present tense forbyder, past tense forbød, perfect tense er/har forbudt)
From Old Norse fyrirbjóða, forboða; compare also Middle Low German vorbeden, which may have influenced it. Equivalent to for- + byde. Compare Swedish förbjuda, Norwegian forby, German verbieten, Dutch verbieden, English forbid, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (faurbiudan).