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Wright's OE grammar
§96; §219; §289; §317; §340; §563;
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  • Gif se midlesta finger sié of áslegen, sió bót bið .xii. scitt. Gif se lytla finger bið of áslegen, þám sceal tó bóte . viiii. sciit. ,

    • Ll. Th. i. 96, 3-8
      • .

  • Lǽt gán ꝥ getæl swá wé nú cwǽdon, ꝥ þú cume tó þæs lǽstan fingres nægle

    go on counting as we have just said, till you come to the nail of the little finger,

    • Angl. viii. 326, 31
      • .

  • Gif man þone lytlan finger of áslæhð, .xi. scitt. gebéte,

    • Ll. Th. i. 16, 12
      • .

  • Mec

    (a book)

    fingras feóldon,

    • Rä. 27, 7
      • .

  • Folm mec mæg bifón and fingras þrý útan eáðe ealle ymbclyppan

    in media concludor parte pugilli,

    • 41, 52.

  • Genim cymenes swá micel swá þú mæge mid þrím fingrum foreweardum geniman,

    • Lch. ii. 180, 20
      • .

  • Æt þám ó ðrum táum healf gelde, eal swá æt þám ingrum ys cwiden,

    • Ll. Th. i. 20, 4
      • .
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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/44987.

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