Old English · noun
þuma
Normalised þūma
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈθuː.mɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈθuː · mɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- thumb
Meaning
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thumb
54. Ġif þūma ofaslæhð, xx sċill' Ġif ðūman næġl of weorðeþ, III sċill' ġebēte Ġif man sċytefinger ofaslæhð, VIIII sċill' ġebēte. Ġif man middelfinger ofaslæhð, IIII sċill' ġebēte. Ġif man goldfinger ofaslæhð, VI sċill' ġebēte. Ġif man þone lȳtlan finger ofaslæhð, XI sċill' ġebēte. 54. If a thumb is cut off, 20 shillings [shall be paid in compensation]. If a thumbnail is knoc
If a man cuts off the little finger, he shall pay 11 shillings in compensation.
Laws of King Æþelberht
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þūmō, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô. Cognate with Old Frisian thūma (West Frisian tomme), Old Saxon thūmo (Low German Dumen or Duum), Dutch duim, Old High German dūmo (German Daumen), Danish tomme, Swedish tumme; and also with Latin tumēre (“to swell”), through the Indo-European root.
Descendants
thumb
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