forfend

[KatyBr]

hee hee hee and while on the subject of S+S books

for·fend also fore·fend (fôr-fnd, fr-)
tr.v. for·fend·ed, for·fend·ing, for·fends
1.
a. To keep or ward off; avert.
b. Archaic To forbid.
2. To defend or protect.



[Middle English forfenden : for-, for- + fenden, to ward off; see fend.]

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Katy

[Slava]

What has forfended this word from being treated by the Good Dr.? Such a great word, as in the phrase "heaven forfend." Are we perhaps being forfended from some unsavory meaning of which we are ignorant?