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þurh

  • preposition
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Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.
Wright's OE grammar
§278; §328; §559; §587; §645;
Through.
Grammar
þurh, with acc. v. also C.
local,
marking motion into and out at the opposite side
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Grammar
þurh, where the preposition follows the governed word :
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marking motion over or in,
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cf. geónd
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temporal, marking continuity, through, for, during
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other relations,
marking the agent, through, by
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þurh, preposition following case :
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marking the means or instrument, through, by, by means of, by use of
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marking the efficient cause or reason, through, in consequence of, as the result of, by reason of, on account of
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marking motive or feeling that prompts action, through, from
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marking the circumstance which renders state or action possible or right, through, in virtue of, by right of
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marking manner, state, in, by, in the character of, by way of
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marking accompanying circumstances of an action, in, with
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marking aim, with a view to
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with verbs of swearing, adjuring, etc., through, by, in
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marking extent :
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Grammar
þurh, with dat. v. also C.
local,
marking motion into and out at the opposite side
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marking motion over or in
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in other relations,
marking means or instrument
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marking cause
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marking manner, state
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Grammar
þurh, in the following passages both acc. and dat. are used:
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þurh, with gen. :
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þurh, as adverb;
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Etymology
[
O. E. Homl. þurh, þurch, þuregh
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Laym. þurh, þorh
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Orm. þurrh
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A. R. þurh, þuruh
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Gen. and Ex. ðurg
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Havel. þoru
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R. Glouc. þoru, þorw
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Chauc. thurgh
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Piers P. þorowȝ, thorw
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Goth. þairh
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O. Sax. thurh, thuru
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O. L. Ger. thurh, thuru(-o)
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O. Frs. thruch
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O. H. Ger. durh, duruh (-ah, -eh).
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Linked entries
v.  þerh þorch þorh þuruh.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þurh.” 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/32252.

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