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þurh-faran

  • verb [ strong ]
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to go through or over, to traverse; pertransire,
Grammar
þurh-faran, trans.
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  • Burnan þurhfór (ł -færþ) sáwla úre wénunga þurhfór sáwla úre wæter

    torrentem pertransivit anima nostra, forsitan pertransisset anima nostra aquam,

    • Ps. Spl. 123, 4.

  • Hé ðæt land eall þurhfór,

    • Chr. 1095
      • ;
    • Erl. 232, 8: 1097
      • ;
    • Erl. 233, 38.
Grammar
þurh-faran, intrans.
To pass
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  • Mid ðí ðe ðú þurhfærst ( pertransires ) on wéstene,

    • Ps. Spl. 67, 8.

  • On anlícnysse þurhfærþ man

    in imagine pertransit homo,

    • 38, 9: 102, 15.

  • Ðǽr scipu þurhfaraþ (ðorhfearaþ, Surt.)

    illic naves pertransibunt,

    • 103, 26.
of a weapon, to pierce, pass through
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  • His swurd ðíne sáwle þurhfærþ,

    • Lk. Skt. 2, 35.

  • Ísen þurhfór sáwla his,

    • Ps. Spl. 104, 17.
to pass beyond, transcend
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  • Hefonas hé ðurhfór (

    transcendit

    ),
    • Past. 16
      • ;
    • Swt. 99, 23.
to penetrate
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  • Sió stefn ðæs láriówes ðurhfærþ ða heortats ðæs gehírendes

    illa vox auditorum cor penetrat,

    • Past. 14
      • ;
    • Swt. 81, 9: 21
      • ;
    • Swt. 155, 11: Bt. 13
      • ;
    • Fox 38, 27.

  • Ðeáh ðú ðæt héhste ðurhfare

    cum summa penetras,

    • Past. 65
      • ;
    • Swt. 467, 1.

  • Þurhfare

    penetret,

    • Anglia xiii. 378, 192.

  • Ðæt word ðære láre ne mæg ðurhfaran ðæs wædlan heortan

    egentis mentem doctrinae sermo non penetrat,

    • Past. 18
      • ;
    • Swt. 137, 6.

  • Þurhfarende

    penetrans,

    • Hymn. Surt. 84, 9.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. durh-faran transire, permeare, penetrare.
]
Similar entries
v. þurh-féran.
Linked entries
v.  þurh-féran.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þurh-faran.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/32272.

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