þurhsmugan

Old English

FWOTD – 18 December 2017

Etymology

Equivalent to þurh- +‎ smūgan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θurxˈsmuː.ɡɑn/, [θurˠxˈsmuː.ɣɑn]

Verb

þurhsmūgan

  1. (transitive) to creep or crawl slowly through something
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
      Se wyrm ðā tungan tōtȳhþ, and ðā tēð þurhsmȳhþ.
      The snake pulls asunder the tongue and crawls slowly through the teeth.
  2. (transitive) to go painstakingly over or through details
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
      Hiġ habbaþ āscrutnod Serium and Priscianum, and þurhsmogen Catus cwydas.
      They have utterly scrutinized Serium and Priscianum and painstakingly gone through Cato's Disticha.

Conjugation

Conjugation of þurhsmūgan (strong, class II)
infinitive þurhsmūgan þurhsmūgenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular þurhsmūge þurhsmēag, þurhsmēah
second person singular þurhsmȳġst þurhsmuge
third person singular þurhsmȳġþ þurhsmēag, þurhsmēah
plural þurhsmūgaþ þurhsmugon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular þurhsmūge þurhsmuge
plural þurhsmūgen þurhsmugen
imperative
singular þurhsmūg, þurhsmūh
plural þurhsmūgaþ
participle present past
þurhsmūgende þurhsmogen

References

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