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† herefor, -fore, adv. Obs. exc. Sc.
[f. here adv. 16 + for prep.: cf. therefore; Du. hiervoor, Ger. hierfür, Da. herfor.]
1. For this: instead or in consideration of this, with a view to this. Still in occas. Sc. use, written herefor.
a1300Cursor M. 17506 (Gött.) Þir guiftes her for [Cott. þar-for] giue we ȝu. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 343 He was tauȝt to strive not herfore. 1549Chaloner Erasmus on Folly S ij a, Herefore haue I obteined the mercy of god. Mod. Sc. For the sum of twenty pounds, being the consideration herefor given.
†2. For this reason, on this account, therefore.
c1200Vices & Virtues 5 Hierfore ic am neðer and unmihti. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 149 Herfor kyng Richard wrathes him. 1380Lay Folks Catech. (Lamb. MS.) 66 Here-fore þe gospel of Mathew seys þat crist bad vs pray thus. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. li. 35 Saynt albone suffred his martirdome before that saynt edmond was martryd and herfor saynt albone is callyd the fyrst martir of Englond. 1581G. Pettie Guazzo's Civ. Conv. i. (1586) 2, I will not heerefore commende you so much. c1620A. Hume Brit. Tongue (1865) 13 Heerfoer, for distinctiones of both sound and symbol, I wald commend the symbol and name of i and u to the voual sound. 1697Dallas Stiles i. 84 Herefore I beseech your Lordships, that ye would..ordain the said Director..to grant..Precepts. |