finger – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of finger

Noun: finger
Gender: m

Nominative

Singularfinger
Pluralfingras

Genitive

Singularfingres
Pluralfingra

Dative

Singularfingre
Pluralfingrum

Accusative

Singularfinger
Pluralfingras

Sample Sentences

  • 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.)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fingr. Compare Old Frisian finger, Old Saxon fingar, Old High German fingar, Old Norse fingr, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐍃 (figgrs). See: Old Norse Nouns 'fingr', Gothic Nouns '𐍆𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍂𐍃'.

Verbs referencing "finger"

English Nouns finger, Old Norse Nouns fingr, Middle English Nouns fynger.

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