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FINGER

(n.)
Grammar
FINGER, gen. fingeres, fingres; dat. fingre; pl. nom. acc. fingras; gen. fingra, fingrena; m.

A FINGERdigĭtus

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A FINGER; digĭtus 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.

Linked entry: fincer

finger

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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.

finger-liþ

(n.)
Grammar
finger-liþ, es; n.
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A finger-joint Lið ł fingerlið articulus, Nap. 79

Linked entry: liþ

finger-docce

(n.)
Grammar
finger-docce, (-a?), an; f.
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A finger-muscle Fingirdoccana (-do[c]cuna, Erf. ) digitalium musculorum, Txts. 57, 687

Linked entry: -docce

lǽce-finger

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-finger, es; m.

The leech-finger

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The leech-finger, the fourth finger [though in one gloss it seems to be the little-finger] Þuma pollex, scytelfinger index, middelfinger medius, lǽcefinger medicus, eárefinger auricularius, Wrt. Voc. 71, 30-34.

Linked entry: gold-finger

eáre-finger

(n.)
Grammar
eáre-finger, es; m.

An ear-finger, the little fingerauricŭlārius dĭgĭtus, minĭmus digĭtōrum

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An ear-finger, the little finger; auricŭlārius dĭgĭtus, minĭmus digĭtōrum Eárefinger auricŭlārius, Wrt. Voc. 71, 34

middel-finger

(n.)
Grammar
middel-finger, es; m.

The middle finger

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The middle finger Middelfinger medius vel impudicus, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 6: 71, 32: ii. 58, 5. Gif man middelfinger of áslæhþ iv. scill. gebéte, L. Ethb. 54; Th. i. 16, 11

leáw-finger

(n.)
Grammar
leáw-finger, es; m.

The forefinger

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The forefinger Leáwfinger, index, Ps. Th. 72, 11

hring-finger

(n.)
Grammar
hring-finger, es; m.

The ring-finger

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The ring-finger, the third finger Hringfinger anularis, Wrt. Voc. 283, 23. Mid þuman and mid hringfingre, L. Med. ex Quadr. 1, 5; Lchdm. i. 330, 21

eár-finger

(n.)
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eár-finger, es; m.
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The little finger. Cf. Quas tua fert auris sordes trahit auricularis (lytil finger), Wrt. Voc. i. 179, 25 Eárfinger auricularis, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 298, 15: Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 25

Linked entry: eáre-finger

lǽw-finger

(n.)
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Take here <b>leáw-finger</b> in Dict

Linked entry: leáw-finger

finger-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
finger-líc, adj.

Of or belonging to a finger or ringdĭgĭtālisannŭlāris

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Of or belonging to a finger or ring; dĭgĭtālis, annŭlāris, Wrt. Voc. 65, 2

gold-finger

(n.)
Grammar
gold-finger, es; m.
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The ring-finger Goldfinger medicus vel annularis, Ælfc. Gl. 73; Som. 71, 21; Wrt. Voc. 44, 7: L. Alf. pol. 59; Th. i. 96, 5: L. Eth. 54; Th. i. 16, 12

scytel-finger

(n.)
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the arrow-finger, the forefinger Scytelfinger (scyte- ? v. scyte-finger) index, Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 31

Linked entries: scyte-finger finger

eáre-finger

Similar entry: eár-finger

finger-æppel

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Tǽnel gefylledne mid palmtreówa wæstmum þe wé hátað fingeræppla, Hml. -S. 23 b, 662. Fingerapplu palmeti, Hpt. 11. 496, 63. Add

gold-finger

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lǽce-finger

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Middelfinger medius, lǽcefinger medicus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 6. Add

finger-æppel

(n.)
Grammar
finger-æppel, es; m: nom. acc. pl. -æppla, -appla; n.

AFINGER-APPLEfinger-fruita datedacty̆lus

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AFINGER-APPLE, finger-fruit, a date; dacty̆lus Fingerappla dacty̆los, Mone B. 542. Fingerapplum dacty̆lis, 3 830

scyte-finger

(n.)
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scyte-finger, es; m.
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The forefinger; digitus secundus quo sagittatur 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