"finger" meaning in Old English

See finger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfin.ɡer/, [ˈfiŋ.ɡer]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *fingr. Compare Old Frisian finger, Old Saxon fingar, Old High German fingar, Old Norse fingr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐍃 (figgrs). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*fingr}} Proto-West Germanic *fingr, {{cog|ofs|finger}} Old Frisian finger, {{cog|osx|fingar}} Old Saxon fingar, {{cog|goh|fingar}} Old High German fingar, {{cog|non|fingr}} Old Norse fingr, {{cog|got|𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐍃}} Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐍃 (figgrs) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} finger m, {{ang-noun|m}} finger m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|fingr|nomsg=finger}}, {{ang-decl-noun|finger|fingras|finger|fingras|fingres|fingra|fingre|fingrum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], finger [nominative, singular], fingras [nominative, plural], finger [accusative, singular], fingras [accusative, plural], fingres [genitive, singular], fingra [genitive, plural], fingre [dative, singular], fingrum [dative, plural]
  1. finger Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Anatomy Derived forms: goldfinger, hringfinger, lǣst finger, lǣċefinger, lēawfinger, lȳtel finger, middelfinger, sċytefinger, sċytelfinger, ēarfinger
    Sense id: en-finger-ang-noun-QAsYHIeE Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "fynger"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: fynger, finger, vinger, fyngir, fyngur, fyngyr, fiyngir, ffynger\nEnglish: finger\nSranan Tongo: finga\nScots: finger\nYola: vinger",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: fynger, finger, vinger, fyngir, fyngur, fyngyr, fiyngir, ffynger\nEnglish: finger\nSranan Tongo: finga\nScots: finger\nYola: vinger"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fingr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fingr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "finger"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian finger",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "fingar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon fingar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "fingar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German fingar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "fingr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse fingr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐍃 (figgrs)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *fingr. Compare Old Frisian finger, Old Saxon fingar, Old High German fingar, Old Norse fingr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐍃 (figgrs).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fingras",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fingras",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fingres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fingra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fingre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fingrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "finger m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "finger m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fingr",
        "nomsg": "finger"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "finger",
        "2": "fingras",
        "3": "finger",
        "4": "fingras",
        "5": "fingres",
        "6": "fingra",
        "7": "fingre",
        "8": "fingrum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 12 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ang:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "goldfinger"
        },
        {
          "word": "hringfinger"
        },
        {
          "word": "lǣst finger"
        },
        {
          "word": "lǣċefinger"
        },
        {
          "word": "lēawfinger"
        },
        {
          "word": "lȳtel finger"
        },
        {
          "word": "middelfinger"
        },
        {
          "word": "sċytefinger"
        },
        {
          "word": "sċytelfinger"
        },
        {
          "word": "ēarfinger"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The hand has five fingers: the thumb, the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the little finger.",
          "text": "Sēo hand hæfþ fīf fingras: þone þūman, þone sċytefinger, þone middelfinger, þone hringfinger, and þone lȳtlan finger.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "finger"
      ],
      "id": "en-finger-ang-noun-QAsYHIeE",
      "links": [
        [
          "finger",
          "finger#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfin.ɡer/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfiŋ.ɡer]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "finger"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "goldfinger"
    },
    {
      "word": "hringfinger"
    },
    {
      "word": "lǣst finger"
    },
    {
      "word": "lǣċefinger"
    },
    {
      "word": "lēawfinger"
    },
    {
      "word": "lȳtel finger"
    },
    {
      "word": "middelfinger"
    },
    {
      "word": "sċytefinger"
    },
    {
      "word": "sċytelfinger"
    },
    {
      "word": "ēarfinger"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "fynger"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: fynger, finger, vinger, fyngir, fyngur, fyngyr, fiyngir, ffynger\nEnglish: finger\nSranan Tongo: finga\nScots: finger\nYola: vinger",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: fynger, finger, vinger, fyngir, fyngur, fyngyr, fiyngir, ffynger\nEnglish: finger\nSranan Tongo: finga\nScots: finger\nYola: vinger"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fingr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fingr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "finger"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian finger",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "fingar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon fingar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "fingar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German fingar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "fingr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse fingr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐍃 (figgrs)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *fingr. Compare Old Frisian finger, Old Saxon fingar, Old High German fingar, Old Norse fingr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐍃 (figgrs).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fingras",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fingras",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fingres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fingra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fingre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fingrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "finger m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "finger m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fingr",
        "nomsg": "finger"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "finger",
        "2": "fingras",
        "3": "finger",
        "4": "fingras",
        "5": "fingres",
        "6": "fingra",
        "7": "fingre",
        "8": "fingrum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
        "Old English masculine nouns",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 12 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ang:Anatomy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The hand has five fingers: the thumb, the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the little finger.",
          "text": "Sēo hand hæfþ fīf fingras: þone þūman, þone sċytefinger, þone middelfinger, þone hringfinger, and þone lȳtlan finger.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "finger"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "finger",
          "finger#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfin.ɡer/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfiŋ.ɡer]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "finger"
}

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