förty

See also: forty

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

Further reading

• förty in Svensk ordbok.