Theme: syntax in oe contents I. Introduction II. Main body. Structural relations of old english

Clauses of Cause

Clauses of cause are introduced by the conjunctions forpæm (pe), for, e. g. pa cirdon hieup-ip on pa ea, for-pæm hie ne dorston forp bi pære ea siʒlan for unfripe; for-pæm pæt land wæs eall ʒebun on opre healfe pære eas 'then they turned into the river, because they did not dare to sail on past the river, for unrest, as the land was all inhabited on the other side of the river'; wæs. seo hwil micel, twelf wintra fid torn ʒepolode wine Scyldinʒa, weanna ʒehwylcne, sidra sorʒa, forðam syððan wearð ylda bearnum undyrne cuð, ʒyddum ʒeomore, pætte ʒrendel wan hwlle wip Hropʒar 'the time was long, twelve years did the Scildings' friend suffer rage, every woe, great sorrows, because later it became known to children of men, sadly in songs, that Grendel had long made war on Hrothgar'.