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