genom ur och skur

Swedish

Adverb

genom ur och skur (not comparable)

  1. alternative form of i ur och skur.
    • 1881 February 3, “Den vandrande juden.”, in Lunds weckoblad‎[1], page 2:
      Ehuru synbarligen nedtyngd af den börda han genom ur och skur burit så långt, tycktes hans bemödanden att befria sig derifrån dock till en början utan resultat.
      Although visibly weighed down by the burden he had carried so far through thick and thin, his efforts to free himself from it seemed at first to be fruitless.

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