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Old English · verb

þurhteon

Normalised þurhtēon

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class II
IPA
/θurxˈte͜oːn/
[θurˠxˈte͜oːn]
Syllables
θurx · ˈte͜oːn (2 syllables)
Modern English
perpetrateproposalachieveafford

Meaning

  1. to grant a request/proposal

    Lucius bæd ðæt hē cristen gedōn wǣre, and hē þurhtēah ðæt hē bæd.

    Lucius asked that he got made a Christian, and he granted what he asked.

    1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
  2. to carry something out

    Ðæt ne ðæt mihte mid ðȳ māran ealdorlīcnesse ðurhtēon and gefremman.

    Could not carry that out and perform that with the greater authority thereafter.

    1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
  3. to carry something through or on, accomplish, perform, perpetrate

    Ne mæg se ælmihtiga Wealdend þurhtēon ðæt hē dō his ðēowan rīce?

    Cannot the almighty Ruler accomplish the enriching of his servants?

    1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
  4. to achieve something, bring something about

    On Criste ānum is ealles siges fylnes þurhtogen.

    In Christ alone does the fullness of all victory come to pass.

    1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
  5. to afford something

    Sȳ him gefultumad and frōfor þurhtogen.

    Be him supported and comfort afforded.

    1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
  6. to undergo something

    Swā swā wīf ācenþ bearn and þrowaþ micel earfoþu æfter ðam ðe hēo ǣr micelne lust þurhtēah.

    Even as a woman brings forth a child and suffers much difficulty after she underwent great lust earlier.

    1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
  7. to draw, drag something

    On wītu helle mann gālnys þurhtȳhð.

    Lustfulness drags man into hell's punishment.

    1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

Conjugation

Conjugation of þurhteon
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular þurhtēoþurhtēah
2nd singular þurhtīehstþurhtuge
3rd singular þurhtīehþþurhtēah
Plural þurhtēoþþurhtugon
Subjunctive
Singular þurhtēoþurhtuge
Plural þurhtēonþurhtugen
Non-finite forms of þurhteon
Form
Infinitive þurhtēon
Inflected infinitive þurhtēonne
Imperative singular þurhtēoh
Imperative plural þurhtēoþ
Present participle þurhtēonde
Past participle þurhtogen

All forms (13)

Etymology

Equivalent to þurh- + tēon.

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