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FINGER

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
FINGER, gen. fingeres, fingres; dat. fingre; pl. nom. acc. fingras; gen. fingra, fingrena; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §219; §289; §317; §340; §563;
A FINGER; digĭtus
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  • Finger digĭtus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 71, 26
      • ,
    Send Lazarum, ðæt he dyppe his fingeres liþ on wætere, and míne tungan gecǽle

    mitte Lazarum ut intingat extrēmum digĭti sui in aquam, ut refrīgĕret linguam meam,

    • Lk. Bos. 16, 24.

  • Gif ic on Godes fingre deófla útadrífe

    si in digĭto Dei ejĭcio dæmŏnia,

    • 11, 20.

  • On ðæm lytlan fingre

    in the little finger,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 359
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 180.

  • Ne gelýfe ic, búton ic dó mínne finger on ðæra nægla stede

    nisi mittam digĭtum meum in lŏcum clāvōrum non crēdam,

    • Jn. Bos. 20, 25, 27: Lev. 4, 17.

  • Wulfere mid his fingre gewrát on Cristes mél

    Wulfhere wrote with his finger on Christ's cross,

    • Chr. 656
      • ;
    • Erl. 32, 23.

  • Nellaþ híg ða mid heora fingre æt-hrínan

    digĭto suo nōlunt ea mŏvēre,

    • Mt. Bos. 23, 4: Lk. Bos. 11, 46.

  • Fingras

    digĭti,

    • Wrt. Voc. 64, 78: 283, 18.

  • Rand sceal on scylde, fæst fingra gebeorh

    a boss shall be on the shield, the sure protection of fingers,

    • Menol. Fox 535
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 38: Elen. Kmbl. 239
      • ;
    • El. 120.

  • Ic geseó heofonas ðine, weorc ðínra fingra [MS. fingrena]

    vĭdēbo cœlos tuos, ŏpēra digĭtōrum tuōrum,

    • Ps. Lamb. 8, 4.

  • Sum mæg fingrum hearpan stirgan

    one can awaken the harp with fingers,

    • Exon. 17b
      • ;
    • Th. 42, 6
      • ;
    • Cri. 668: Beo. Th. 3015
      • ;
    • B. 1505.
Etymology
[
Laym. finger, fenger
:
O. Sax. fingar, m
:
Frs. finger
:
O. Frs. finger, fingr, m
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Dut. vinger, m
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Ger. M. H. Ger. finger, m
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O. H. Ger. fingar, m
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Goth. figgrs, m
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Dan. finger, m. f
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Swed. finger, m. n
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Icel. fingr, m.
]
Derived forms
eáre-finger, gold-, hring-, lǽce-, leáw-, middel-, scyte-
Linked entries
v.  fincer.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FINGER.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/10721.

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