α. see through- prefix and gird v.2
β. see thorough- prefix and gird v.2
† through-girdv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To pierce or stab with a weapon; to run (a person) through.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with sharp weapon
woundc760
stickOE
snese?c1225
stokea1300
steekc1300
bearc1330
stangc1340
chop1362
broach1377
foinc1380
strikec1390
borea1400
dag?a1400
gorea1400
gridea1400
staira1400
through-girdc1405
thrustc1410
runc1425
to run throughc1425
traversec1425
spitc1430
through-seeka1500
stitch1527
falchiona1529
stab1530
to stab (a person) in1530
stob?1530
rutc1540
rove?c1550
push1551
foxa1566
stoga1572
poniard1593
dirk1599
bestab1600
poach1602
stiletto1613
stocka1640
inrun1653
stoccado1677
dagger1694
whip1699
bayonetc1700
tomahawk1711
stug1722
chiv1725
kittle1786
sabre1790
halberd1825
jab1825
skewer1837
sword1863
poke1866
spear1869
whinger1892
pig-stick1902
shiv1926
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or penetrate (of weapon) [verb (transitive)] > strike with pointed weapon
prickOE
pritchOE
snese?c1225
threstc1275
stokea1300
bearc1330
stangc1340
broach1377
foinc1380
borea1400
dag?a1400
gorea1400
gridea1400
slot?a1400
staira1400
through-girdc1405
thrustc1410
runc1425
to run throughc1425
traversec1425
spitc1430
through-seeka1500
to run in1509
stab1530
to stab (a person) in1530
accloy1543
push1551
stoga1572
poacha1616
stocka1640
stoccado1677
stug1722
kittle1820
skewer1837
pitchfork1854
poke1866
chib1973
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate > with something sharp-pointed > transpierce
through-stingeOE
thorough-runOE
spitc1275
through-shovec1330
through-ficchea1400
through-girdc1405
tresperce1484
transpierce1594
reeve1681
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 152 Thurgh girt with many a greuous blody wownde.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 7347 (MED) Þis kyng..lithe now here al disconsolat..Þoruȝ-girt, allas! with many mortal wounde.
a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 5764 The king supposed..[Generides] he had thurgh girt.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. viii. [vii.] 118 Hypanis eik, and Dymas..War by thair fallowis throw gird baith twa.
1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos x. Ee iij Then Pallas soone Sir Rhoeteus..Throughgirdes.
1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iv. sig. K4v Where hanging on a tree, I found my sonne. Through girt with wounds.
1614 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe i. sig. C She cry'd As thogh she through girt had be with a spere.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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