þurhsmugan

Old English
FWOTD – 18 December 2017

Etymology

Equivalent to þurh- +‎ smūgan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θurxˈsmuːɣɑn/

Verb

þurhsmūgan

  1. (transitive) to creep or crawl slowly through something
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
      Se wyrm ðā tungan tōtȳhþ, and ðā tēð þurhsmȳhþ.
      The snake pulls asunder the tongue and crawls slowly through the teeth.
  2. (transitive) to go painstakingly over or through details
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
      Hiġ habbaþ āscrutnod Serium and Priscianum, and þurhsmogen Catus cwydas.
      They have utterly scrutinized Serium and Priscianum and painstakingly gone through Cato's Disticha.

Conjugation
Conjugation of þurhsmūgan (strong class 2)
infinitive þurhsmūgan tō þurhsmūgenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular þurhsmūge þurhsmēag
2nd-person singular þurhsmȳhest þurhsmuge
3rd-person singular þurhsmȳheþ þurhsmēag
plural þurhsmūgaþ þurhsmugon
subjunctive present past
singular þurhsmūge þurhsmuge
plural þurhsmūgen þurhsmugen
imperative
singular þurhsmūg
plural þurhsmūgaþ
participle present past
þurhsmūgende (ġe)þurhsmogen

References
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