Því

Old Icelandic Dictionary - því

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "því" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

því Old Icelandic word can mean:

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

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᛁ

Abbreviations used:

adv.
adverb.
conj.
conjunction.
dat.
dative.
compar.
comparative.

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