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þurh-wunian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§14;
to continue, last, not to come to an end, not to pass away
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  • Godes ege þurhwunaþ á worlda world

    timor Domini permanens in seculum seculi,

    • Ps. Th. 58, 8.

  • His ríce þurhwunaþ on écnesse,

    • Blickl. Homl. 65, 16.

  • Hús rihtwísra þurhwunaþ (

    permanebit

    ),
    • Scint. 73, 2, 16.

  • Heora gemyud þurhwunaþ á tó worulde,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 1, 11.

  • God, se ðe ǽfre þurhwunode búton ǽlcum anginne,

    • 2, 3.

  • Þurhwunedan

    duraverunt,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 58: Wülck. Gl. 256, 2.

  • Úre ná þurh-wunedun fæderas

    nostri non mansere parentes,

    • 6.

  • Þa leornian on eorþan ðæra ús cýþ þurhwunige on heofenum

    illa discere in terris quorum nobis notitia perseueret in coelis,

    • Scint. 218, 13.

  • Lang mid þingum úrum þurhwunian ( durare ) wé ná magan,

    • 183, 4.

  • Ádl þurhwunigende

    languor perseuerans,

    • 153, 17.
to continue in a place, with a person, to remain, not to leave
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  • Ic þurhwunode (

    perseveravi

    ) on ðam munte feówertig daga and feówertig nihta,
    • Deut. 9, 9.

  • Gé synt ðe mid mé þurhwunedon (ðerhwunadon(-un) permansistis, Lind., Rush.) on mínum geswincum,

    • Lk. Skt. 22, 28.

  • Þurhwunedan munecas on Xpes cyrican

    monks have continued to live (permanserunt) in Christchurch,

    • Chr. 995
      • ;
    • Th. 1. 244, 29.

  • Ðæt hé symle on ús eardige, and wé on him þurhwunian (

    permaneamus

    ),
    • Scint. 16, 11.

  • Ðæt gé þuthwunion lange on ðam lande,

    • Deut. 4, 40.

  • Eálá wǽran ða ancras swá trume and swá þurhwuniende, ðonne mihte wé ðý éþ geþolian swá hwæt earfoþnessa swá ús on becóme

    haereant ancorae, precor; illis namque manentibus, utcumque se res habeant, enatabimus,

    • Bt. 10
      • ;
    • Fox 30, 10.
to continue in a condition, not to change; where purpose or effort is implied, to persevere, persist, hold out,
absolute
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  • Se þurhwunaþ (ðerhwunes ł ðerhwunia wælla, Lind.) óð ende, se byþ hál

    qui perseveraverit usque in finem, hic salvus erit,

    • Mt. Knbl. 10, 22: Scint. 90, 2: Blickl. Homl. 21, 36.

  • Se ðe óð ende þurhwunaþ (

    sustenuerit

    ),
    • Mk. Skt. 13, 13.

  • Ná ongynnendum méd ys beháten ac þurhwunigendum ( perseverantibus ) ys geseald,

    • Scint. 91, 3, 1.
Grammar
þurh-wunian, here the condition is given by a complementary noun or adjective
w
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  • Ǽfre hé biþ ánes módes, and glæd þurhwunaþ,

    • Homl. Th. i. 456, 25.

  • Heó þurhwunode mǽden,

    • 24, 27.

  • Heó onwealg on hiere onwalde æfter þurhwunade

    manet adhuc et regnat incolumis,

    • Ors. 2, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 62, 24.

  • Heó á clǽne þurhwunode,

    • Blickl. Homl. 3, 18.

  • Hé þurhwunode unspecende and mihteleás forð óð ðone Ðunresdæg,

    • Chr. 1053
      • ;
    • Erl. 186, 23.

  • Is rihtost ðæt hé ðananforð wydewa þurhwunige,

    • L. I. P. 22
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 332, 32.
Grammar
þurh-wunian, where the condition is given in a phrase
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  • On góde on ðam hé ongan óþ ende hé þurhwunaþ

    in bono quo coepit usque in finem perdurat,

    • Scint. 227, 55.

  • Gyt git þurhwuniaþ on incre ánwilnesse

    ye still persist in your obstinacy,

    • Blickl. Homl. 187, 33.

  • His ( Adam's ) bendas wǽron onlýsde ... Eua ðágyt on bendum þurhwunode,

    • 89, 6.

  • Hié þurhwunian on rihtum geleáfan,

    • 77, 19.

  • Hé nolde þurhwunian on ðære sóðfæstnisse ðæs sóðfæstan Godes sunu,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 41.

  • Se ðe on ðám gesǽlþum ðurhwunian ne mót,

    • Bt. 2
      • ;
    • Fox 4, 15.
to continue an action
,
persevere with or in
,
not to desist from
,
not to leave off
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  • Eua ðágyt on wópe þurhwunode,

    • Blickl. Homl. 89, 6.

  • Hié forþ on heora yfelum þurhwunedon,

    • 79, 8.

  • Ðá hig þurhwunedon ( perseuerarent ) hine áxsiende,

    • Jn. Skt. 8, 7.

  • On ðam gewinne þurhwunian,

    • Bt. 37, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 186, 31: Met. 25, 70.

  • Þurhwunian on fulfremedlícum weorcum,

    • Blickl. Homl. 77, 19.

  • Þurhwunian his béne

    persistere petitioni sue,

    • R. Ben. Interl. 95, 16.

  • Hé þurhwunigende mid gebedum wæs Drihtnes lóf singende,

    • Blickl. Homl. 231, 9.

  • Drihten eallum mannum þurhwuniggendum on sóþre andetnesse cwæþ,

    • 171, 15.
Etymology
[An lond þer he mihte þurhwunian (wonie, 2nd MS.),
  • Laym. 5384
. Þu wið Godd þurhwunest in alre worlde world,
  • Kath. 663.
Cf.
Goth. þairh-wisan manere, permanere.
]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þurh-wunian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/32328.

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