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Old English
Etymology
Equivalent to þurh- + wlītan.
Pronunciation
Verb
þurhwlītan
- to look through, penetrate with sight
1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:Glæs ðæt mon mæg eall þurhwlītan.- Glass that one may entirely look through.
1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:Wē ne magon hygeþonces ferð ēagum þurhwlītan.- We may not look through a mind of thought with the eyes.
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