For-hwí

Old English Dictionary Entry

For-hwí

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -hwig Related words:

Definitions

1 for-hwí

For why, wherefore; quāre, cur, Ps. Th. 113, 5; Nicod. 4; Thw. 2, 19. for-hwi

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᚻᚹᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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"Fornjóts synir eru á landi komnir"