forby
verbverbto forbid, to ban
InflectionVis bøyning
EtymologyOpphav
norrønt fyrirbjóða ‘by mot noe’; av for- (II)for-, a verb prefix with no distinct meaning of its own · over-, to excess og by (II)to offer · to invite · to bid Old Norse fyrirbjóða 'to bid against something'; from for- (II)for-, a verb prefix with no distinct meaning of its own · over-, to excess and by (II)to offer · to invite · to bidSenses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk
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ikke tillate;
nekte (1)to refuse not to allow;
to refusenekte (1)- jeg forbyr deg å gå dit I forbid you to go there
- DDT er forbudt i Norge DDT is banned in Norway
- bigami er forbudt ved lov bigamy is prohibited by law
- parkering forbudt no parking
- det er forbudt å tråkke på plenen keep off the grass
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hindreto prevent, to stop · to obstruct, to hold up
to prevent, to stophindre
- min samvittighet forbyr meg det my conscience forbids me to do it
Set phrasesFaste uttrykk
forby seg selv
være ugjørlig
to be impossible to carry out
Eng. phraseto be out of the question