þurhgan

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θurxˈɡɑːn/, [θurˠxˈɡɑːn]

Verb

þurhgān

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of þurhgān (irregular)

infinitive	þurhgān	þurhgānne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	þurhgā	þurhēode
second person singular	þurhgǣst	þurhēodest
third person singular	þurhgǣþ	þurhēode
plural	þurhgāþ	þurhēodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	þurhgā	þurhēode
plural	þurhgān	þurhēoden
imperative
singular	þurhgā
plural	þurhgāþ
participle	present	past
	þurhgānde	þurhgān

Descendants

• Middle English: þurhgon, thurghgon, thorugon
  • English: thoroughgo

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þurhgán”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.