þurhwunian

Old English

Etymology

þurh- +‎ wunian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θurxˈwu.ni.ɑn/, [θurˠxˈwu.ni.ɑn]

Verb

þurhwunian

1. to continue
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"

     ...ac hi þurhwunodon swa þeah on þam gewinne oð deað.

     ...but they nevertheless continued in that warfare till death.

   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Blessed Stephen Protomartyr"

     Cristes lufu us neadað þæt we simle þa gódan tihton, þæt hí on gódnysse þurhwunion; and ða yfelan we mynegiað, þæt hí fram heora yfelnessum hrædlice gecyrron.

     Love of Christ compels us ever to stimulate the good, that they continue in goodness; and we admonish the wicked that they may quickly turn from their wickedness.

Conjugation

Conjugation of þurhwunian (weak class 2)

infinitive	þurhwunian	þurhwunienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	þurhwuniġe	þurhwunode
second person singular	þurhwunast	þurhwunodest
third person singular	þurhwunaþ	þurhwunode
plural	þurhwuniaþ	þurhwunodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	þurhwuniġe	þurhwunode
plural	þurhwuniġen	þurhwunoden
imperative
singular	þurhwuna
plural	þurhwuniaþ
participle	present	past
	þurhwuniende	þurhwunod

References

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