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tá

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
tá, (contracted from) , an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §329; §405;
A toe
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  • Táhae

    allox,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 8.

  • Tá

    ,
    • i. 71, 64.

  • Sió micle tá ... sió æfterre tá ... sió midleste tá ... sió feórde tá ... sió lytle tá,

    • L. Alf. pol. 64;
    • Th. i. 96, 19-24.

  • Seó mycle tá ... ðare mycclan táan nægl,

    • L. Ethb. 70, 72;
    • Th. i. 20, 2, 5.

  • Hé æthrán his swíðran þúman and ðæs wynstran fótes miclan tán

    tetigit pollicem manus ejus dextrae, similiter et pedis,

    • Lev. 8, 23.

  • Tán and fingras

    decies senos,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 73.

  • Ða miclan tán

    alloces,

    • 5, 18.

  • Ða tán scrincaþ (-eþ, MS.) up

    (in gout) the toes shrink up,

    • Lchdm. iii. 48, 28.

  • On ðan seofoþan mónþe ða tán and ða fingras beóþ weaxende,

    • 146, 17.

  • Gif heó mid ðám tán stæpeþ,

    • 144, 15.

  • Æt ðám óðrum táum ealswá æt ðám fingrum,

    • L. Ethb. 71;
    • Th. i. 20, 3.

  • Mid ðǽm táum cum mentagris,

    • Lchdm. i. lxxiv, 21
      • (
    • cf. lxxi, 13
      • )
    . Ofer hira handa þúman and ðæs swýðran fótes micclan tán

    super pollices manus eorum ac pedis dextri,

    • Ex. 29, 20.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. zéha:
Icel. tá.
]
Similar entries
v. tán a toe.
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v.  táhae tán.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tá.” 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/30103.

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