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† for-ˈthon, conj. Obs.
Also 1 forþám, -þan, 2–4 forthan, 7 forthen.
[In OE. two words: for prep. + þon instr., þám dat., of the. The dat. and instr. forms coalesced in ME.]
1. For this reason, therefore. In ME. sometimes repeated, forþon..forþon ‘for this reason..that’.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iii. xiii. [xv.] (1890) 198 He forðon eallum ᵹe þisse worulde aldormonnum wæs leof. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. vi. 25 Forþam [c 1160 Hatton Forþan] ic secᵹe eow þæt [etc.]. c1175Lamb. Hom. 95 Forðon wes þe halia gast on culfren onlicnesse bufan criste, forðon he wes [etc.]. c1205Lay. 989 For þon [c 1275 for þan] ȝif hit eow bi-loueð..fare we from þisse londe. c1320Cast. Love 1072 He scholde neuer die for þon. c1394P. Pl. Crede 27 By a fraynyng for-þan faileþ þer manye. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 43 Not forthan I wyl not blynne. 1674Ray N.C. Words 19 Forthen and Forthy, therefore.
2. For the reason that, because.
Beowulf (Gr.) 150 Forþam wearð [sorᵹcearu] ylda bearnum undyrne cuð. c1175Lamb. Hom. 17 Hit is riht þet me hem spille, forþan betere hit is [etc.]. c1250Gen. & Ex. 1996 Putifar..boȝte ioseph al forðan He wulde don is lechurhed wið ioseph.
So for-thon the, later forthon that = 2.
c893K. ælfred Oros. i. i. (1883) 24 For ðon þe sio sunne þær gæð near on sett þonne on oðrum lande, þær [etc.]. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xiv. 24 For-þam [c 1160 Hatton for-þan] þe hyt wæs strang wind. c1175Lamb. Hom. 53 For þon þet he scolde swote smelle. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 107 Leomene fader we clepeð ure drihten for þan þe he sunne atend. c1250Owl & Night. 780 And for þan þat hit no wit not Ne mai his strenghe hit ischilde. 1340Ayenb. 184 Vor þan þet roboam..uorlet þane red of þe yealden guode men..he uor-leas þet gratteste del of his kingdome. |