Middle English Dictionary Entry
thurghgōn v.
Entry Info
| Forms | thurghgōn v. Also thurȝgon, thoru- & (early) ðurggon, þurh-, þorh-, (Orm.) þurrhgan; p.ppl. thurghgon(e, etc. & thourȝegon, thorugan(e, thorougane, (early) þurȝgon, þurhgan, þorþgon. |
| Etymology | OE þurhgān |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. thurghwenden v., thurghyede v.
1.
(a) To go, proceed, travel; also, go through (an opening); travel (a path); ~ in-to, fig. punish (sth.), be the penalty for; ~ thurgh, fig. get to heaven through the good offices of (the Virgin Mary); (b) to pass through (a land, woods, etc.), travel over (the earth), traverse; (c) to pass among (people, a group).
Associated quotations
a
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)155 : Ðis lif bitokneð ðe sti ðat te neddre gangeð bi; & tis is ðe ðirl of ðe ston ðat tu salt ðurg gon.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.8.9 : Þe fisshis of þe se..þurȝ gon [WB(2): passen bi] þe sties of þe se.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Wisd.14.31 : Þe peyne of synneres þurȝ-goþ [WB(2): goith forth; L perambulat] euermor in to þe lawe-brekinge of riȝtwis thingis.
- a1400 Lefdy blisful (Mert 248)8 : Þow art in heuene an hole i-mad Þorw which þe senful þorw-geþ glad.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12860 : Hise Leorninngcnihhtess..sholldenn all þurrh gan Þiss middellærd to spellenn..off hiss Goddcunndnesse.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)11426 : Hail..Arður..Ich æm þin aȝe mon; moni lond ich habbe þurh-gan [Otho: þorþ gon].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 1.7 : I haue enuyround þe erþe & þurȝ gon it [WB(2): walkid thorouȝ it].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8785 : Mani wodds ha þai thoru gan [Trin-C: þourȝe goon; Frf: þorou gane], Bot suilk a tre ne fand þai nan.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)25499 : He hade alle þe hile þoru gane, And of wilde bestes he fande nane.
- c1440(a1350) Isumb.(Thrn)522 : Alle a syde of a cunntre he hase thurgh gone.
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)2319 : The feldes sone they haue thurgh-goon..Till they come before the Citee.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9802 : Six cnihtes..senden we..wunien an hirede mid heȝe þan kinge and æuer-ælche dæie þurh-gon al þa duȝeðe.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)9802 : Hii wol[de] six cnihtes sende forþrihtes to þis kinges ferde in pore men guyse þat solde ȝam þorh-gon and tydinge hercny on.