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 2)

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

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þurhsmugan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.