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Old English · verb

þurhgan

Normalised þurhgān

Part of speech
verb
IPA
/θurxˈɡɑːn/
[θurˠxˈɡɑːn]
Syllables
θurx · ˈɡɑːn (2 syllables)
Modern English
thoroughgopermeatepervadepenetratepierce

Meaning

  1. to go over or go through, pierce (by weapon), penetrate, permeate, pervade

    Đā andwyrde Martinus unforht ðām cāsere, "Iċ wille ðurhgān orsorh ðone here, mid rōde tācne ġewǣpnod, nā mid rēadum sċylde, oððe mid hefeġum helme, oððe heardre byrnan." Đa hēt sē hǣðena cyning healdan Martinum, þæt hē wurde āworpen unġewǣpnod ðām here. Þā nolde sē Hǣlend his ðeġen forlǣtan, ac ġesibbode þæt folc sōna þǣs on merien, þæt hī tō þǣs cāseres cyneġyrd

    Then the bold Martinus answered the emperor "I will go fearlessly through the army, armed with a crucifix, not with a red shield, or with a heavy helmet, or a hard corselet." So the heathen king ordered that Martinus be held so he could be thrown unarmed into the army. But the Savior would not abandon his servant, and in the morning soon pacified the people so that they submitted to the emperor's

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Conjugation

Conjugation of þurhgan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular þurhgāþurhēode
2nd singular þurhgǣstþurhēodest
3rd singular þurhgǣþþurhēode
Plural þurhgāþþurhēodon
Subjunctive
Singular þurhgāþurhēode
Plural þurhgānþurhēoden
Non-finite forms of þurhgan
Form
Infinitive þurhgān
Inflected infinitive þurhgānne
Imperative singular þurhgā
Imperative plural þurhgāþ
Present participle þurhgānde
Past participle þurhgān

All forms (11)

Etymology

From þurh- + gān. Cognate with Old High German duruhgān, Gothic (þairhgaggan).

Descendants

thoroughgo

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