leáw-finger
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æppel
an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) ⬩ an apple-shaped object ⬩ an eye-ball
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Add: an apple (in a special and in a general sense as in oak-apple) Æppel pomum, Ælfc. Gr. 31, 4. Ęppel malum, Kent. Gl. 962. Scoldon hangigan reáde apla mala punica Hwæt is getácnod ðurh ðá reádan apla (appla, l. 13)? Se æppel bið betogen mid rinde,
fincer
A finger ⬩ digĭtus
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A finger; digĭtus Dó hider fincer ðínne infer digĭtum tuum huc, Jn. Rush. War. 20, 27
finel
Fennel ⬩ fēnĭcŭlum
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Fennel; fēnĭcŭlum Fineles of fennel, Herb. 97, 1; Lchdm. i. 210, 8, MS. B
twi-fingre
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Two fingers thick, term applied to the fat on swine Æt twyfingrum (spic), L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 19
þri-fingre
Three fingers thick
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Three fingers thick Æt þryfingrum (spic is added in MS. B. ), L. In. 49; Th. i. 132, 18
twi-fingre
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Substitute: Two fingers thick, a term applied to fat on swine Æt twyfingrum spic, Ll. Th. i. 132, 19
þri-fingre
By a distance equal to the breadth of three fingers
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By a distance equal to the breadth of three fingers Gif se ord sié þreofingre ufor ðonne hindeweard sceaft, L. Alf. pol. 36; Th. i. 84, 17. Cf. Grmm. R. A. l01
flugol
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Fingul fugitivus, i. interdum qui fugit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 10. Flygul (printed by Wright fligul) fugax, i. fugitiva, fugiens, Wülck. Gl. 244, 24. Se freóndscipe of næfte scort ys and flugol (fugitiua), Scint. 198, 8, Mid flugelum færeldum fugitiuis discursibus
ǽwisc-berend
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A name for the middle finger (cf. in Cotgrave le doigt sale the middle finger); impudicus (digitus), Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 22. middel finger medius vel impudicus, 44, 6. Cf
hálettend
The middle finger, the finger by which a sign of greeting is made
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The middle finger, the finger by which a sign of greeting is made Hálettend midemesta finger salutarius, Wrt. Voc. 283, 21. Hǽletend salutaris, Recd. 38, 72; Wrt. Voc. 64, 81
Linked entry: hǽletend
ciole
The throat ⬩ guttur
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The throat; guttur Sting finger on ciolan thrust a finger into the throat, L. M. 1, 59; Lchdm. ii. 130, 5
hand-nægl
A finger-nail
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A finger-nail Ðonne beóþ him ða handnæglas wonne then will his finger-nails be livid, L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 350, 22
hálettend
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Add: cf. scyte-finger
eár-clǽnsend
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Add: cf. eár-finger
hwǽte-corn
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Nim hwǽtecorn, meng wið hunig, lege on þone finger, Lch. ii. 80, 20. Add:
ge-cryppan
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To crook a finger, close the hand Genim gecrypte hand fulle, Lch. ii. 276, 13
Linked entry: cryppan
eár-clǽnsend
An ear-cleanser, the little finger ⬩ dĭgĭtus aurĭcŭlāris
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An ear-cleanser, the little finger; dĭgĭtus aurĭcŭlāris Eárclǽnsend [MS. earclæsnend] aurĭcŭlāris, Wrt. Voc. 283, 24
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ge-wǽtan
To wet ⬩ to make wet
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To wet, to make wet Onsend Ladzarus ðætte he gewǽte his ýtemestan finger on wættre send Lazarus, that he may wet the tip of his finger in water, Past. 43, 1Swt. 309, 6Hat. MS.
Linked entry: wǽtan