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þúma

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
þúma, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§131; §282; §301; §401;
The thumb
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  • Ðúma, thúma, thúmo

    pollux,

    • Txts. 89, 1617.
  • Swá greáte swá ðín þúma,

    • Lchdm. iii. 18, 25.
  • Ic com mid handa on ðone stán drífan, and se ðúma gebrocen wæs,

    • Bd. 5, 6
    • ;
    • S. 619, 24.
  • Gif se þúma biþ of áslægen, ðam sceal .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte. Gif se nægl biþ of áslegen, ðam sculon .v. sciłł. tó bóte,

    • L. Alf. pol. 56
    • ;
    • Th. i. 94, 28.
  • Gif man þúman of áslæhþ, .xx. sciłł. Gif þúman nægl of weorðeþ, .iii. sciłł. gebéte,

    • L. Ethb. 54
    • ;
    • Th. i. 16, 9.
  • Hé æthrán his swíðran þúman (

    pollicem manus ejus dextrae

    ),
    • Lev. 8, 23.
  • Þúman

    pollices,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 48: Ex. 29, 20.
Etymology
[Mid te þume,
  • A. R. 18, 14.
Þe nayle of þe þoume,
  • Ayenb. 43, 14.
To the thowme,
  • Rel. Ant. i. 190, 22
(end of 14th cent.). Thombe, Chauc., Piers P. Thowmbe,
  • Prompt. Parv. 492.
In other glossaries of 15th cent. it is spelt thome,
  • Wit. Voc. i. 184
(where also thombe):
  • 207, col. 2
: thowme,
  • 186, col. 1
: thombe,
  • 179: 247, col. 2:
(in same glossary also) thumb, 246, col. 1.
O. Frs. thúma
:
O. L. Ger. thúmo
:
O. H. Ger. dúmo
:
Dan. tomme
:
Swed. tumme.
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v. þýmel.
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  • þúma, n.