eldertongue

Old English · conjunction

for þon þe

Part of speech
conjunction
Modern English
forthanbecause

Meaning

  1. because

  2. for, on the account of

    ...ac onfōh mē nū þīnne āgene þēawa, for ic eom flēonde fram hym.

    ...but do Thou receive me now, Thine own servant, for I am fleeing from them.

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
  3. since

    Iċ onġiete þæt iċ þē hæbbe āþrotenne mid þȳ langan spelle, for þon þē lyst nū lēoða.

    I see I've bored you with that long argument, since you want poems now.

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

Descendants

forthan

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