þurhsmugan
Old English edit
Etymology edit
Equivalent to þurh- + smūgan.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
þurhsmūgan
- (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.
- (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 edit
Conjugation of þurhsmūgan (strong class 2)
| infinitive | þurhsmūgan | þurhsmūgenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | þurhsmūge | þurhsmēag, þurhsmēah |
| second person singular | þurhsmȳġst | þurhsmuge |
| third person singular | þurhsmȳġþ | þurhsmēag, þurhsmēah |
| plural | þurhsmūgaþ | þurhsmugon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | þurhsmūge | þurhsmuge |
| plural | þurhsmūgen | þurhsmugen |
| imperative | ||
| singular | þurhsmūg, þurhsmūh | |
| plural | þurhsmūgaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| þurhsmūgende | þurhsmogen | |
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þurhsmugan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.