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Thread #114361 Message #2440439
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
14-Sep-08 - 07:56 PM
Thread Name: BS: When did 'forbid' become 'forfend'?
Subject: RE: BS: When did 'forbid' become 'forfend'?

Well, I finally decided to look in the OED, and forfend is used in several quotations from the 1380s. Forbid is quoted from 1175, so it seems to have priority. So forbear!