adv. Obs. Forms: 1 furþum, -on, -an, forþum, 2 forþon, -an, 3 forþe(n, Orm. forþenn. [OE. furþum, f. OTeut. *furþ-, forþ- (see FORTH adv.) with suffix of dat. pl.] Even.
971. Blickl. Hom., 179. Nære næfre næniȝ toþæs haliȝ mon on þissum miððanȝearde, ne furþum næniȝ on heofenum.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. vi. 29. Furðon Salomon on eallum hys wuldre næs oferwrigen swa swa an of þyson.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 5. He mihte ridan ȝif he walde on riche stede and palefrai and mule and arabisz nalde he no, na forþon uppon þa muchele assa, aȝc uppon þa lutthle fole.
c. 1200. Ormin, 824.
| He nollde gilltenn, | |
| Ne forrþenn þurrh an idell word. |
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 13. Ne forðe gef man haueð to done mid his rihte spuse [etc.].
c. 1205. Lay., 3009.
| Al þat is on liue | |
| nis nig swa dure | |
| swa me is þin an lime | |
| forðe min ahȝene lif. |
