Old English · preposition
þurh
- Part of speech
- preposition
- IPA
- /θurx/[θurˠx]
- Syllables
- θurx (1 syllable)
Meaning
through
Þā cempan cōmon hēr þurh and ofslōgon ealle.
The soldiers came through here and killed everyone.
by means of: by, through, via
Candel ne forlīest nāwiht þurh þæt þe hēo ōðre candele æleþ.
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þurhw, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to pass through”).
Descendants
thorough, through
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