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fingr

nafnorðkarlkyn
, fingrar, fingrs; fingri; fingr; a fingr occurs in 73, 74, which gender is still found in dialects; the is in conversation used as , an says allar fingr, not alla fingr: [ figgrs; finger, ; whereas digitus and δάκτυλος etymologically answer to tá, toe, zehe, a finger of the foot]:—a finger, i. 498, ii. 380, 384, 518, passim: the names of the fingers—þumal-fingr, the thumb; vísi-f., the index finger, also called sleiki-f., lick-finger; langa-töng, long-prong; græði-f., leech-finger, also, but rarely, called baug-f., digitus annuli; litli-f., the little finger. Sayings or phrases:—playing with one’s fingers is a mark of joy or happiness—leika fingrum ( 24), or leika við fingr sér (sína), iv. 167, 172, vii. 172, 324, leika við hvern sinn fingr; also spila fingra, id., 198; vita e-ð upp á sinar tíu fingr, to know a thing on one’s ten fingers, have at one’s fingers’ ends; fetta fingr útí e-t, to find fault with; rétta e-m fingr, digito monstrare, 117; sjá ekki fingra sinna skil, not to be able to distinguish one’s fingers, of blindness, i. 118: other phrases are rare and of foreign origin, sjá í gegnum fingr við e-n, to shut one’s eyes to a thing, ; fingr digrir, thick fingers, of a clown, 8; but mjó-fingraðr, taper-fingered, epithet of a lady, 36; fingra-mjúkr, nimble-fingered; fingrar-þykkr, a finger thick, 165; fingrar gómr, a finger’s end, 62; fingra staðr, the print of the fingers, 59; fingrar breidd, a finger’s breadth. In the Norse law ( i. 172) the fingers are taxed, from the thumb at twelve ounces, to the little finger at one ounce—not so in the curious lawsuit recorded in i. 18–27. Also a measure, a finger’s breadth, 27, 732. 5: arithm. any number under ten, 362: , skolla-fingr, a kind of fern, lycopodium. fingra-járn, a ‘finger-iron,’ a thimble (?), v. 18. fingr-hæð, a finger’s height, as measure.
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