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Old English · verb

þurhwlitan

Normalised þurhwlītan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class I
IPA
/θurxˈwliː.tɑn/
[θurˠxˈwliː.tɑn]
Syllables
θurx · ˈwliː · tɑn (3 syllables)

Meaning

  1. to look through, penetrate with sight

    Glæs ðæt mon mæg eall þurhwlītan.

    Glass that one may entirely look through.

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of þurhwlitan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular þurhwlīteþurhwlāt
2nd singular þurhwlītstþurhwlite
3rd singular þurhwlīttþurhwlītþurhwlāt
Plural þurhwlītaþþurhwliton
Subjunctive
Singular þurhwlīteþurhwlite
Plural þurhwlītenþurhwliten
Non-finite forms of þurhwlitan
Form
Infinitive þurhwlītan
Inflected infinitive þurhwlītenne
Imperative singular þurhwlīt
Imperative plural þurhwlītaþ
Present participle þurhwlītende
Past participle þurhwliten

All forms (13)

Etymology

Equivalent to þurh- + wlītan.

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