Talk:throughout
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- (obsolete) Completely through, right the way through.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
- Syr she said here came a knyght rydyng as my lord and I rested vs here / and asked hym of whens he was / and my lord said of Arthurs courte / therfore said the stronge knyght I wille Iuste with the / for I hate alle these that ben of Arthurs Courte / And my lord that lyeth here dede amounted vpon his hors / and the stronge knyght and my lord encountred to gyder / and there he smote my lord thorugh oute with his spere
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Removed / moved to Middle English by Astova. J3133 (talk) 21:06, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- OED has several old but post-1500 uses involving spears going throughout someone and so forth, although the spellings vary wildly as you'd expect. This, that and the other (talk) 09:53, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
cited Kiwima (talk) 02:24, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 05:09, 24 April 2022 (UTC)