† for-thyconj.
Obsolete.
a. For this reason, therefore.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > effect or result [conjunction] > therefore
for-thonc900
for-thyc1000
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) vii. 22 Forðy Moyses eow sealde ymbsnydenysse.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 21 Forðon a þis worlð winð onȝein us..for-þi we suneȝiet on-ȝein drihtenes welle.
c1230 Hali Meid. 9 For þi seli meiden forȝet ti folc.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 69 Forthe the sulve mose Hire thonkes wolde the to-tose.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. Prol. 187 For~þi I conseille alle þe comune to lat þe catte worthe.
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 234 My joy for-þy watz much þe more.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Lion & Mouse l. 1334 in Poems (1981) 54 The morning myld; my mirth wes mair for thy.
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 320 in Shorter Poems (1967) 28 Forthy [1579 Edinb. for thy] I knew the sygn. Wes action.
1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie sig. F For thy Montanus follow mine arreede.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. i. ii. xxviii Forthy let first an inward centre hid Be put.
b. not-for-thy: nevertheless.what for-thy: see what pron., adv., int., adj.1, conj., and n. Phrases 1g(d).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > on condition that [conjunction] > in spite of, notwithstanding
thougha1240
albeita1325
albec1405
not-for-thy1413
for all that1523
still1722
1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) i. xv. 13 Nought for thy, this I byhote expresse.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 319 Vndir the mantill nocht-for-thi, He suld be Armyt preualy.
a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 736 The fyrste þat rode noght forthy, Was the kyng of Lumbardy.
Derivatives
forthy that earlier.
ΚΠ
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 47 Al þet uuel þet of dina com. al com naut for þi þet þe wimmon lokede on þe wepmon.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2698 Forthy þat sum has na knawyng Of purgatory..Þarfor [etc.].
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) vi. 18 Þare also gert kyng Nabugodonosor putte þe three childer in þe fyre, forþi þat þai held þe riȝt beleue.
forthy the because.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [conjunction] > because
forth thatc888
for-thonOE
forthy thec1000
for thatc1175
forthon thatc1175
forwhyc1384
for why thata1400
cause1556
'cos1828
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) vii. 22 Na forði ðe heo of Moyses sy.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 41 On þon deie þa engles of heofene ham iblissieð: forði þe þa erming saulen habbeð rest of heore pine.
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