forthy

English

Alternative forms

for-thy, for thy, forthi

Etymology

From Middle English forthy, from Old English forþȳ, for þȳ [þe] (“because [that]”), forþon (“because, since”), from for + þȳ, þon (“by that, therefore”), instrumental case of þæt (“that”); Cognate with Yola farthoo (“why”), Old Norse fyrir því (at) (Danish & Norwegian fordi (“because”), Swedish för att). More at for, the, that.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /fə(ɹ)ˈðaɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /fɚˈðaɪ/
Rhymes: -aɪ

Adverb

forthy (not comparable)

(obsolete) Therefore.
- c. 1480, Robert Henryson, The Taill of Schir Chanticleir and the Foxe
  Forthy as now, I purpose for to wryte... Forthy as now schortlie to conclude.
(obsolete) For this, for this reason; on this account.
- 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “May. Aegloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], OCLC 606515406; republished as The Shepheardes Calender […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], 1586, OCLC 837880809:
  Thomalin, have no care for-thy.

Conjunction

forthy

Because, for sake, forwhy, since.

Synonyms

as, for, inasmuch as, ∵ (mathematics symbol); see also Thesaurus:because

Related terms

why
forwhy
because of (prepositional phrase)
'cos
for-than

Anagrams

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