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scyte-finger

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
scyte-finger, es; m.
The forefinger; digitus secundus quo sagittatur
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  • Scytefinger index vel

    salutaris,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 44. 5.
  • Bécnend, scytefinger

    index,

    ii.
      46, 35.
  • Gif se scytefinger biþ ofáslegen, sió bót biþ .xv. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 57; Th. i. 96, 1.

    In Ethelbert's Laws the fine is only eight shillings,

      L. Eth. 54; Th. i. 16, 10.
  • Scytefingres, Anglia viii. 326, 28.
  • Euenmicel swá ðú mǽge mid ðínan scitefingre tó ðínum þuman befón,

      Lchdm. iii. 6, 21.
  • Mid scetefingre ðú gebécnest

    indice prodis,

      Hymn. Surt. 104, 5.
Etymology
[Cf. O. Frs. skot-finger.]
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v. scytel-finger.
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  • scyte-finger, n.