ÞVÍ

ÞVÍ
(prop. dat. from þat), adv. and conj.
1) therefore (varð því ekki af ferðinni);
af því, therefore;
2) af því at, því at, because, for (tókst eigi atreiðin, því at búendr frestuðu);
3) því at eins, only on that condition
4) why, = hví (only in later texts);
5) with compar., the; hann var því ástsælli sem hann var ellri, he was the more beloved the older he grew.
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dat. from þat (q. v.), and as adverb, ‘for-thy,’ because, see þat C.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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