þurhgan

Old English

Etymology

From þurh- +‎ gān. Cognate with Old High German duruhgān, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (þairhgaggan).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θurxˈɡɑːn/, [θurˠxˈɡɑːn]

Verb

þurhgān

to go over or go through, pierce (by weapon), penetrate, permeate, pervade

Conjugation

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Descendants

Middle English: þurhgon, thurghgon, thorugon
- English: thoroughgo

References

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

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