þurhwunian

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Old English

Etymology

þurh- +‎ wunian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θurxˈwu.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.

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