c893 tr. Orosius (1883) i. i. 24 For ðon þe sio sunne þær gæð near on sett þonne on oðrum lande, þær [etc.].
c1000 (Corpus Cambr.) xiv. 24 For-þam [c1160 Hatton for-þan] þe hyt wæs strang wind.
c1200 107 Leomene fader we clepeð ure drihten for þan þe he sunne atend.