förty

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fyrir því (at), from fyrir (“för”) + því (“ty”), dative singular of þat. Compare also English forthy (“therefore”) (obsolete), Danish fordi and Norwegian fordi.

Conjunction

förty

  1. (archaic) because
    Synonyms: då, därför att, eftersom, emedan
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