α. see thorough- prefix and smite v.
β. see through- prefix and smite v.
† through-smitev.
Obsolete (archaic and poetic in later use).
transitive. To pierce or run through (a person, part of the body, etc.) as with a spear or other pointed weapon. Frequently with with. Also in figurative contexts.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > pierce > impale or transfix
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staira1400
through-beara1400
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c1300 St. Dominic (Laud) l. 119 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 281 Þreo launcene he heold in is hond, þe poynt toward þe grounde, Riȝt ase he wolde al þene world þoruȝ smyte In one stounde.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 4853 Love..of his fyri dart With such a wounde him hath thurghsmite.
?a1425 (?a1350) T. Castleford Chron. (1996) I. l. 20075 Sex thousande men in feld son felle, Sum þoru smiten wiȝ arues and spers, Wiȝ al kins vapen armed men bers.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 47 She fill doun..alle thurgh smyten & tronchoned with amerouse sorowe.
a1556 Ld. Vaux in R. Edwards Paradyse Daynty Deuises (1578) f. 44v Doest thou not see how death, through smiteth with his launce, Some by warre, some by plague, and some with worldlie chaunce.
1870 F. G. Fleay tr. Masterpieces Breton Ballads 20 A lovely infant..Its heart through-smitten mortally.
1878 J. Payne tr. F. Villon Poems 4 I am through-smitten with fierce pain.
1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. V. xix. 138 Thorolf's furious hand, Point turned of spear.., Turned in against himself! and his great force, Through-smote, neath his rent hauberk, his ribbed chest.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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