(a) Because of, on account of; ~ fin ned, from sheer necessity; (b) with respect to an emotion: because of, through, for; ~ dred, because of fear; ~ wop, for weeping; etc.; (c) by reason of, in view of; (d) with adj. or ppl. as object: ~ blak, because of blackness; ~ dronken, because of being drunk; ~ pur abaished, for sheer confusion; ~ unknou, on account of ignorance; ~ veri glad, for sheer gladness; etc.; (e) ~ (the) cause, ~ because, because; ~ cause (enchesoun, resoun) of, because of; ~ this (thilk, what) cause, for this (that same, what) cause; ~ two causes, for two reasons; (f) ~ which, on which account, wherefore, therefore; (g) what ~..what ~, what ~..and ~, what ~..and, both because of..and because of.

(a) For the sake of (someone), out of regard for, for love of, in honor of, in memory of, out of sorrow for, out of anger against; caren ~, sorwen ~, to grieve for (someone); drinken ~, to drink in honor of, drink to; hoten ~, to be named after; wepen ~, to weep for; me is wo ~, me reweth ~, it grieves me for, I am sorry for; (b) for the sake of (something); ~ love of, out of love for (someone); ~ name of, for the sake of (someone's) name, in the name of; fain ~, glad ~, glad of ~, glad of; loven ~, to love (someone) for the sake of (something); preisen ~ of, to praise for; wepen ~ sin, to weep for (one's) sins; (that) me is wo ~, I am sorry for; (c) in entreaties, prayers, requests: for the sake of; (d) in asseverations, oaths, exclamations: by, upon; ~ God, by God; ~ all the world, for all the world, most assuredly; ~ mi hod, by my hood; ~ mi lif, upon my life, as I live; ~ perel of mi soul, by the peril of my soul; ~ the rod, by the cross; etc.; (e) in remonstrances: ~ shame, for shame!

(a) On behalf of (someone, someone's soul), for the benefit of, for the good of; bidden (preien) ~, to pray for; (b) ben for, be in favor of (someone, something), on the side of; fighten ~, fight on the side of (someone), fight for (a cause); speken ~, speak in favor of; (c) for the use of enjoyment of (someone), to be used by, to be endured or suffered by.

By means of, by, through; ~ nesh ne hard, by pleasant nor by harsh (behavior).

(a) For the purpose of, to bring about, in order to accomplish; (b) in order to arrive at (a place); senden ~ hom, to send (something) home.

With inf.: in order, in order to, to: (a) with simple infinitive; (b) with to infinitive.

(a) In order to get (something), to obtain, to win; (b) senden ~, to send for (someone), fetch, summon; (c) ~ her sorwe, to their sorrow; (d) ~ al the world (to winnen), ~ al the god that ever God made, etc., for any reward, on any account, under any circumstances.

(a) In exchange for; gon ~, to be a ransom for; haven ~, to receive (something) in exchange for (something); hiren ~, to hire (someone) for (wages); paien (yeven) ~, to pay for; sellen ~, to sell for, give in exchange for; (b) in return for, as a reward for, as a punishment for; (c) as an atonement for (sin, the sinner); as penalty for injuring; as a tax on (something), as a fee for; (d) a stroke ~ an other, one blow to be repaid by another; blou ~ blou, dunt ~ dunt, blow for blow; eie ~ eie, toth ~ toth, etc.; an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, etc.; six ~ one, six in exchange for one; etc.

(a) For fear of (someone), through fear of; (b) to prevent or avoid (something), for fear of (something); (c) against, in opposition to, as a protection against; sauf ~, safe from; saven ~, weren ~, to guard against, save from; war the ~, beware of, be on guard against; warnen ~, to warn against; (d) against (disease, injury), as a remedy for.

(a) In spite of, regardless of, notwithstanding; ~high and lowe, in spite of everything; (b) ~ al, in spite of all, notwithstanding; ~ ani, regardless of any, in spite of every; ~ aught, in spite of anything; (c) ~ ani thing, in spite of anything or everything, at all costs; (d) ~ al that (than, this), in spite of all that (this), nevertheless.

(a) Instead of, in the place of, as a substitute for; (b) as a representative of, representing; answeren ~, to give answer as (someone's) representative; one ~ all, one (speaking) for all.

(a) Corresponding to, answering to; word ~ word, word corresponding to word, exactly, literally, verbatim; two for two, in pairs; (b) in comparison with; (c) in accordance with; ~ his pouer, to the best of his ability.

(a) Appropriate to (someone), suitable for; ben mete for, be fitting for; fallen ~, to be appropriate or suitable to; (b) suitable or adequate for (a place, a time, an occasion, a use, a purpose); appropriate to (a state or condition); accorden ~, longen ~, be appropriate to, pertain to; dog ~ the bou, dog trained to hunt with a bowman; hound ~ hert, dog trained to hunt deer.

(a) As, as being, to be, to become; in the capacity of [quot.: c1290]; ~ blame, by way of censure; ~ ensaumple, as an example; holden (haven, tellen) ~, to believe to be, accept as, regard as; knouen ~, to know to be, recognize as; (b) followed by adj. or ppl., & often preceded by as or so.

(a) As though, as if (he, etc.) were; like, in the manner of; (b) followed by adj. or poss. pron.

(a) Concerning, about, as regards; (b) as ~, as far as (something) is concerned; (as) ~ me, as far as I am concerned, for all I care; ~ the, for all you care; (c) ~ aught I wot (can, se), for all I know (see); ~ aught he wot, as far as he knows; ~ aught thei coude tellen, for aught they could tell; (d) ~ himself (the), on his (your) own account, in his (your) own right; (e) ~ his (mi) part (parti), for his (my) part, as far as he is (I am) concerned; (f) ~ the more (most) part (parti, del), as far as the majority are concerned, most of them.

(a) During (a period of time), for the space of; ~ ai, ~ all daies, ~ ever, ~ ever-mo(r, always, forever; ~ during, during; ~ nou and ever, now and forever [See also ever, ever-mo(r]; (b) at (a point in time); ~ the time being, at the time, ~ this time, at this time, now; (c) dai ~ dai, day by day, daily; (d) ~ the none(s, at the time, for the occasion; for the purpose, on purpose; also, as an emphatic or as a verse tag.

In the marriage vows: for better for wors, ~ fairer ~ fouler (lother), ~ richer ~ porer, for better or for worse, etc.

In phrases: (a) ac ~, but ~, but it were ~, except for; (b) ~ certein, ~ certein soth, certainly, assuredly, truly; (c) ~ ernest or ~ game, in earnest or in jest, at all events; (d) ~ fin, to the effect; as ~ that fin, as far as that is concerned; (e) ~ his lif, to save his life, on any account; (f) ~ lef or loth, under any circumstances; (g) ~ lif or ~ dede, in life or in death; ~ lif no dede, under no circumstances; (h) ~ love ne ~ eie, for the sake of love nor fear; (i) ~ non thing, on no account, under no circumstances, at any price; ~ no (kins) ned, under any compulsion or necessity, on no account; ~ nought, because of anything; (j) ~ nought, all ~ nought, ~ non, for nothing, to no purpose, in vain; (k) ~ nought, for no reason, without cause, in vain; (l) ~ nought, all ~ nought, as ~ nought, at no cost, easily; (m) ~ sake, for (someone's) sake; for the good or benefit of (someone); out of regard for; in honor of; for fear of, as a precaution against; ~ dredes sake, because of fear; (n) ~ the best, as the best, to be the best, for the best outcome or result, in (someone's) best interests; ben (fallen) ~ the best, to be (happen) for the best; ~ our (thi) best, in our (your) best interests; (o) ~ wel, it is well; (p) ~ wel or wo, in happiness or unhappiness; nother ~ wel nother wo, in spite of everything.