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English
Etymology
for + to, compare Scots for tae, Danish for at, Norwegian for å, Swedish för att.
Conjunction
for to
- (obsolete outside dialect or poetic use) Elaboration of to.
- Expressing purpose: in order to.
c. 1843, “Polly-Wolly-Doodl[e]”, in Hoyt Parmelee et al., compilers, A Collection of Songs and Ballads as Sung by Alpha Kappa Phi and Germanæ Sodales Societies, of Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan, Hillsdale, Mich.: Leader Steam Print, published 1885, →OCLC, page 11:Farewell! Farewell! / Farewell, my fairy fay! / Oh, I'm off to Louisiana / For to see my Susy Anna, / Singing, "Polly-wolly-doodle" all the day!
1937, John Betjeman, The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel:“Mr. Woilde, we ‘ave come for tew take yew
Where felons and criminals dwell:
We must ask yew tew leave with us quoietly
For this is the Cadogan Hotel.”
2004, Jackie Greene (lyrics and music), “Honey I Been Thinking About You”, in Sweet Somewhere Bound:All that I need for to be satisfied is a woman who's nothing like me
- As a general infinitive marker.
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