þurhsecan

Old English

Etymology

From þurh- +‎ sēċan. Cognate with Old High German duruhsouhhen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θurxˈseː.t͡ʃɑn/, [θurˠxˈseː.t͡ʃɑn]

Verb

þurhsēċan

1. to seek out, seek through, make a search for, examine

Conjugation

Conjugation of þurhsēċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	þurhsēċan	þurhsēċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	þurhsēċe	þurhsōhte
second person singular	þurhsēċest, þurhsēcst	þurhsōhtest
third person singular	þurhsēċeþ, þurhsēcþ	þurhsōhte
plural	þurhsēċaþ	þurhsōhton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	þurhsēċe	þurhsōhte
plural	þurhsēċen	þurhsōhten
imperative
singular	þurhsēċ
plural	þurhsēċaþ
participle	present	past
	þurhsēċende	þurhsōht

Descendants

• Middle English: þurhsechen, thurghsechen, throuseken

References

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