- 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 condition4) 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.* * *dat. from þat (q. v.), and as adverb, ‘for-thy,’ because, see þat C.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.