þurhteon

Old English edit

Etymology edit

Equivalent to þurh- +‎ tēon.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /θurxˈte͜oːn/, [θurˠxˈte͜oːn]

Verb edit

þurhtēon

(transitive) to grant a request/proposal
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
  Lucius bæd ðæt hē cristen gedōn wǣre, and hē þurhtēah ðæt hē bæd.
  Lucius asked that he got made a Christian, and he granted what he asked.
(transitive) to carry something out
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
  Ðæt ne ðæt mihte mid ðȳ māran ealdorlīcnesse ðurhtēon and gefremman.
  Could not carry that out and perform that with the greater authority thereafter.
(transitive) to carry something through or on, accomplish, perform, perpetrate
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
  Ne mæg se ælmihtiga Wealdend þurhtēon ðæt hē dō his ðēowan rīce?
  Cannot the almighty Ruler accomplish the enriching of his servants?
(transitive) to achieve something, bring something about
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
  On Criste ānum is ealles siges fylnes þurhtogen.
  In Christ alone does the fullness of all victory come to pass.
(transitive) to afford something
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
  Sȳ him gefultumad and frōfor þurhtogen.
  Be him supported and comfort afforded.
(transitive) to undergo something
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
  Swā swā wīf ācenþ bearn and þrowaþ micel earfoþu æfter ðam ðe hēo ǣr micelne lust þurhtēah.
  Even as a woman brings forth a child and suffers much difficulty after she underwent great lust earlier.
(transitive) to draw, drag something
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
  On wītu helle mann gālnys þurhtȳhð.
  Lustfulness drags man into hell's punishment.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of þurhtēon (strong class 2)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	þurhtēon	þurhtēonne
first person singular	þurhtēo	þurhtēah
second person singular	þurhtīehst	þurhtuge
third person singular	þurhtīehþ	þurhtēah
plural	þurhtēoþ	þurhtugon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	þurhtēo	þurhtuge
plural	þurhtēon	þurhtugen
imperative
singular	þurhtēoh
plural	þurhtēoþ
participle	present	past
	þurhtēonde	þurhtogen

Derived terms edit

þurhtogennes f (“a religious reading”)

References edit

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þurhteon”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.