forfend

verb /fɔːˈfɛnd/

1. To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.

   archaic

   Clown: … You would know where Lord Anthonie is? I perceiue you. Shall I ſay he is in yond farme houſe? I deceiue you. Shall I tell you this wine is for him? the gods forfend, and ſo I end. Go fellow fighters theres a bob for ye.

Where it comes from

From Middle English forfenden (“to ward off, protect, prohibit”), equivalent to for- + fend.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry forfend (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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