þurhgan

Old English

Etymology

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

Verb

þurhgān

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

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Middle English: þurhgon, thurghgon, thorugon

References

  • þurhgán in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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