þurh
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þurhw, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to pass through”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
þurh (+ accusative)
- 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.
- 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.
- c. 900, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- Sē wer meahte unēaðe þurh hine selfne ārīsan oþþe gān.
- The man could barely get up or walk by himself.