Old English · noun
finger
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈfin.ɡer/[ˈfiŋ.ɡer]
- Syllables
- ˈfin · ɡer (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- finger
Meaning
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finger
Sēo hand hæfþ fīf fingras: þone þūman, þone sċytefinger, þone middelfinger, þone hringfinger, and þone lȳtlan finger.
The hand has five fingers: the thumb, the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the little finger.
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fingr. Compare Old Frisian finger, Old Saxon fingar, Old High German fingar, Old Norse fingr, Gothic (figgrs).
Descendants
finger
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