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þurh-teón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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to carry through, get a proposal accepted, a request granted
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  • Ðá hé ðæt (his proposal) uneáþe ðurhteáh

    quod dum aegre impetraret ab ea,

    • Bd. 4, 11
      • ;
    • S. 579, 17.

  • Lucius bæd ðæt hé cristen gedón wǽre, and hé þurhteáh ðæt hé bæd ( by a later hand this is turned into him wærð tíþod ðæt hé bæd),

    • Chr. 167
      • ;
    • Erl. 8, 15.
to carry out a plan, orders, etc., give effect to an intention
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  • Bið oft synleás yfel geðóht ðǽm gódum, ðonne hí hit mid weorcum ne ðorhtióð,

    • Past. 54
      • ;
    • Swt. 423, 4.

  • Hé nóhwæþer ðyssa (neither of these plans) gefremede ne ðurhteáh

    ne aliquid horum perficeret,

    • Bd. 5, 9
      • ;
    • S. 622, 23.

  • Mennisclíc is ðæt mon on his móde costunga ðrowige on ðæm luste yfles weorces, ac ðæt is deófullíc ðæt hé ðone willan ður[h]teó,

    • Past. 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 71, 15.

  • Gif hé ðæt þurhtió, ðæt hé getihhod hæfþ,

    • Bt. 34, 7
      • ;
    • Fox 144, 4.

  • Cweþan ðæt sió godcunde foretiohhung getiohhod hæfde ðæs ðe hió ne þurhtuge,

    • 41, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 248, 21.

  • Hí nóhwæþere heora willnunge habban ne ðurhteón magan

    in neutro cupitum passunt obtinere propositum,

    • Bd. 5, 23
      • ;
    • S. 647, 3: Ors. 1, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 30, 22.

  • Ðæt ne ðæt mihte mid ðý máran ealdorlícnesse ðurhteón and gefremman,

    • Bd. 5, 21
      • ;
    • S. 642, 30.
where continuous action is implied, to carry through, carry on to a (successful) end, to accomplish, perform; of evil actions, to perpetrate
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  • Se cwyrnstán ðe tyrnð singallíce and nǽnne færeld ne ðurhtíhþ,

    • Homl. Th. i. 514, 20.

  • Micel tósceád is betwuh ðære synne, ðe mon longe ymbsireð, and ðære ðe mon fǽrlíce ðurhtiéhð,

    • Past. 56
      • ;
    • Swt. 435, 6.

  • Hí ðæt yfel þurhtióþ (þurgtióð, Cott. MS.)

    scelus perficiunt,

    • Bt. 38, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 196, 34.

  • Ðurhteáh

    patraverat,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 51.

  • Ða scylde ðe se him self ǽr nyste se hié þurhteáh

    culpam, quam nescit ipse etiam, qui perpetravit,

    • Past. 15
      • ;
    • Swt. 91, 14.

  • Silla wið Marius heardlíce gefeaht þurhteáh (fought and won) and hiene gefliémde

    Sulla Marium gravissimo praelio tandem vicit,

    • Ors. 5, 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 236, 21.

  • Ðonne gé ymb ðæt án gefeoht alneg ceoriað ðe eów Gotan gedydon, hwý nyllaþ gé geþencan ða monegan ǽrran ðe eów Gallie oftrædlíce bismerlíce þurhtugon

    the many former fights that the Gauls often fought and won against you to your disgrace,

    • Ors. 3, 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 142, 9.

  • Hí lǽrdan hine ðæt hé ða fore ðurhtuge

    they persuaded him to perform (perficere) the journey,

    • Bd. 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 637, 27.

  • Ðæt ðæt mód ðurhtuge swelce synne,

    • Past. 56
      • ;
    • Swt. 435, 4.

  • Ne mæg se ælmihtiga Wealdend þurhteón ðæt hé dó his ðeówan ríce

    cannot the almighty Ruler accomplish the enriching of his servants?

    • Homl. Th. i. 64, 17.

  • Wé ne magan for úre tyddernysse þyllíc fæsten þurhteón

    we cannot on account of our weakness accomplish such a fast,

    • Wulfst. 285, 27.

  • Þurhtión (þurg-, Cott. MS.) ðæt yfel ðæt hí lyst

    cupita perficere,

    • Bt. 38, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 196, 28, 32.

  • Þurhtión náwuht goodes (cf. nán gód dón, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 27),

    • Met. 25, 59.

  • Ðæt hié náne mildheortnesse þurhteón ne mehtan,

    • Ors. 2, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 64, 17.

  • Ðá wearð eft Ianes duru andón, þéh ðǽr nán gefeoht þurhtogen ne wurde

    though no battle had actually been fought;

    nulla bella sonuerunt,
    • 6, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 254, 19.

  • Ne biþ ðǽr sin ðurhtogen

    peccatum perpetratum non est,

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 497, 21: Exon. Th. 128, 1
      • ;
    • Gú. 397: 270, 1
      • ;
    • Jul. 458.

  • Þurhtogen

    conlatum(v. þurhtogenness),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 41.

  • Mid ðý ðurhtogenan weorce,

      Past. 48; Swt. 367, 12.

  • Ða ðe ða ðurhtogenan (cf. geworhtan, 53; Swt. 413, 3) synna wépaþ

    qui peccata deplorant operum,

    • 23
      • ;
    • Swt. 176, 22.
of continuous but uncompleted action, to carry on, continue :
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  • -- Hé swá six and twéntig daga ðæt færeld þurhteáh swilce hé tó sumum menn mid gewisse fóre

    so for six and twenty days he continued the journey, as if he were with certainty travelling to some one,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 159.
where a result is marked, to bring to a successful issue, to achieve, bring about, bring to pass
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  • Gif hé torngemót þurhteán mihte

    if he could bring about a meeting,

    • Beo. Th. 2284
      • ;
    • B. 1140.

  • His sige tó tácne ðe hé ðurhteón þóhte

    as a monument of the victory that he thought to achieve,

    • Ors. 2, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 84, 5.

  • On Criste ánum is ealles siges fylnes þurhtogen

    in Christ alone does the fullness of all victory come to pass,

    • Blickl. Homl. 179, 7.
to afford
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  • Hit wæs geset on ðære ealdan ǽ, ðæt ða ðe mihton ðurhteón sceoldon bringan ánes geáres lamb, and áne culfran ... Gif hwylc wíf tó ðam unspédig wǽre, ðæt heó ðás ðing begytan ne mihte...,

    • Homl. Th. i. 138, 35.

  • Áne feorme swá góde swá hí bezte þurhteón magon

    a refection as good as ever they can afford,

    • Chart. Th. 531, 15.

  • Gif hwá ne mage ðurhteón ða spéda ðæt hé gesewenlíc lác Gode offrige

    if any man cannot afford such means, that he may offer a visible gift to God,

    • Homl. Th. i. 584, 2.

  • Sý him gefultumad and frófor þurhtogen

    solacia accomodentur eis,

    • R. Ben. 85, 18.
to go through, undergo
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  • Swá swá wíf ácenþ beam and þrowaþ micel earfoþu æfter ðam ðe heó ǽr micelne lust þurhteáh,

    • Bt. 31, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 112, 3.

  • Hefige geswincu wé þurhteón, ðæt wé tó heofenan ástígan magan,

    • Scint. 101, 11.

  • Gif hé ða beþinge þurhteón ne mæge,

    • Lchdm. ii. 340, 10.
to draw, drag
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  • On wítu helle mann gálnys þurhtýhð

    in poenas tartari hominem libido pertrahat,

    • Scint. 89, 5.

  • Ða ðe óþre tó unrihtwísnysse lǽrende þurhteóð (

    pertrahunt

    ),
    • 192, 4.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þurh-teón.” 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/32311.

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