þurhwlitan

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to þurh- +‎ wlītan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θurxˈwliː.tɑn/, [θurˠxˈwliː.tɑn]

Verb

þurhwlītan

1. 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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of þurhwlītan (strong class 1)

infinitive	þurhwlītan	þurhwlītenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	þurhwlīte	þurhwlāt
second person singular	þurhwlītst	þurhwlite
third person singular	þurhwlītt, þurhwlīt	þurhwlāt
plural	þurhwlītaþ	þurhwliton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	þurhwlīte	þurhwlite
plural	þurhwlīten	þurhwliten
imperative
singular	þurhwlīt
plural	þurhwlītaþ
participle	present	past
	þurhwlītende	þurhwliten

References

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