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for-ðam

  • adverb
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for-ðam, for-ðæm, for-ðan, for-ðon; adv.
For that cause, consequently; proptĕrea, idcirco, ĭdeo
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  • Forðam ic secge eów

    ĭdeo dīco vōbis,

    • Mt. Bos. 6, 25: 12, 27, 31: Cd. 5
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    • Th. 6, 32
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    • Gen. 97.
  • Ne móst ðú wesan forðæm ormód

    thou must not consequently be dejected,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 5, 58
    • ;
    • Met. 5, 29.
  • He arás of deáþe, and forðan synd ðás wundru gefremode on him

    ipse surrexit a mortuis, et ĭdeo virtūtes operantur in eo.

    • Mt. Bos. 14, 2: Beo. Th. 1362
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    • B. 679: Cd. 217
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    • Th. 276, 25
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    • Sat. 194: Andr. Kmbl. 915
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    • An. 458: Elen. Kmbl. 618
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    • El. 309.
  • Wæs he sóþfæstnysse wer, and he forðon eallum wæs leóf

    he was a man of truth, and was consequently dear to all,

    • Bd. 3, 15
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    • S. 541, 22: Cd. 9
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    • Th. 11, 9
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    • Gen. 172: Exon. 10 a
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    • Th. 10, 7
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    • Cri. 148: Beo. Th. 6035
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    • B. 3021: Menol. Fox 382
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    • Men. 192: Ps. Th. 54, 20: Salm. Kmbl. 921
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    • Sal. 460.
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  • for-ðam, adv.