Old English · conjunction
forþamþe
- Part of speech
- conjunction
- Modern English
- because
Meaning
-
because
-
for that, for that reason
Ðonne mon bēam on wuda forbǣrne, ⁊ weorðe yppe on þone ðe hit dȳde, ġielde hē fulwīte: ġeselle LX sċill., forþamþe fȳr bið þēof.
If a man burns up a tree in a forest, and it becomes known who did it, he shall pay a full fine: he shall pay sixty shillings, for fire is a thief.
Laws of King Ine
Etymology
From forþam (“because (a variant of forþon)”) + þe (“that, which”)
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