for an

Meaning

1. only

   Hēo cwæþ sōþlīce on hyre mōde, for ān ic bēo hāl, ġyf ic hys rēafes æthrīne.

   She said verily in her mind, only I will be whole if I touch his garment.

   10th c. Anglo-Saxon Gospels, Translation, Gospel of Saint Mattthew, chapter 9, verse 21.

2. specially

   ...and heom for ān þā wīte ġemynte wǣron būton hī ðǣr-rihte urnon and ðām dēofol-ġylde ġeoffrodon and drihtne wiðsōcon...

   ...and the tortures were specially intended for themselves, unless they straightway ran and sacrificed to the idol and denied the Lord.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"