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===Alternative forms===
===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|ang|þuruh|ðorh|ðerh}}
* {{alter|ang|þuruh|ðurh|ðorh|þerh|ðerh|þurg}}


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{root|ang|ine-pro|*terh₂-}}
From {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*þurhw}}, from {{der|ang|ine-pro|*terh₂-||to pass through}}. Cognate with {{cog|osx|thurh}}, {{cog|odt|thuro}}, {{m|odt|thurg}} ({{cog|nl|door}}), {{cog|goh|duruh}} ({{cog|de|durch}}).
From {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*þurhw}}, from {{der|ang|ine-pro|*terh₂-||to pass through}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ang|/θurh/|[θurˠx]}}
* {{ang-IPA|þurh}}


===Preposition===
===Preposition===
{{ang-prep}} ''(+ accusative)''
{{head|ang|prepositions}}


# [[through]]
# [[through]]
#: {{ux|ang|Þā cempan cōmon hēr '''þurh''' and ofslōgon ealle.|The soldiers came '''through''' here and killed everyone.}}
# [[by means of]]
#: {{ux|ang|'''Þurh''' reġn and snāw and þā þīestran dene, iċ þē wille beran, þæt iċ līfes āscunga ne āsciġe.|'''Through''' rain and snow and the dark valley, I want to carry you, without asking the questions of life.}}

# [[by means of]]: [[by]], [[through]], [[via]]
====Related terms====
#: {{ux|ang|Candel ne forlīest nāwiht '''þurh''' þæt þe hēo ōðre candle æleþ.|A candle loses nothing '''by''' lighting another candle.}}
* {{l|ang|þerh}}
#* '''late 9th century''', [https://books.google.com/books?id=YD9HAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA378 translation] of [[w:Bede|Bede's]] ''[[w:Ecclesiastical History of the English People|Ecclesiastical History]]''
#*: {{quote|ang|Sē wer meahte unēaðe '''þurh''' hine selfne ārīsan oþþe gān.|The man could barely get up or walk '''by''' himself.}}


====Descendants====
====Descendants====

Latest revision as of 21:22, 2 June 2024

See also: thurh, ðurh, and þurh-

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *þurhw, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to pass through”).

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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þurh (+ accusative)

  1. through
    Þā cempan cōmon hēr þurh and ofslōgon ealle.
    The soldiers came through here and killed everyone.
    Þurh reġn and snāw and þā þīestran dene, iċ þē wille beran, þæt iċ līfes āscunga ne āsciġe.
    Through rain and snow and the dark valley, I want to carry you, without asking the questions of life.
  2. by means of: by, through, via
    Candel ne forlīest nāwiht þurh þæt þe hēo ōðre candle æleþ.
    A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

Descendants

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