- þurh
- adv through, throughout--------prep A. 1. w.a. local, (1) marking motion into and out at the opposite side through; (1a) where the preposition follows the governed word; (2) marking motion over or in; 2. temporal, marking continuity, through, for, during; 3. other relations, (1) marking the agent, through, by; (1a) preposition following case; (2) marking the means or instrument, through, by, by means of, by use of, because of, in consequence of; (3) marking the efficient cause or reason, through, in consequence of, as the result of, by reason of, on account of, because of; (4) marking motive or feeling that prompts action, through, from; (5) marking the circumstance which renders state or action possible or right, through, in virtue of, by right of; (6) marking manner, state, in, by, in the character of, by way of; (7) marking accompanying circumstances of an action, in, with; (8) marking aim, with a view to, on behalf of; (9) with verbs of swearing, adjuring, etc., through, by, in, for the sake of, in the name of; (10) marking extent (through 40 days…); B. w.d. 1. local, (1) marking motion into and out at the opposite side; (2) marking motion over or in; 2. in other relations, (1) marking means or instrument; (2) marking cause; (3) marking manner, state; C. w.g.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.