forthy

Meanings

adverbforthy (not comparable)

alternative for-thy · alternative for thy · alternative forthi

not comparableobsoleteTherefore.
Forthy as now, I purpose for to wryte... Forthy as now schortlie to conclude.
c. 1480, Robert Henryson, The Taill of Schir Chanticleir and the Foxe
not comparableobsoleteFor this, for this reason; on this account.
Thomalin, have no care for-thy.
1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “May. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC

conjunction

alternative for-thy · alternative for thy · alternative forthi

Because, for sake, forwhy, since.
Synonyms: as, for, inasmuch as, ∵

Synonyms & antonyms

conjunctionBecause, for sake, forwhy, since.

Similar

as for inasmuch as∵

Also see

as because being that forasmuch as given that inasmuch as now that sith

Origin

Old Englishforþȳ
Middle Englishforthy
Englishforthy

From Middle English forthy, from Old English forþȳ, for þȳ þe, 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.