Læknisfingr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - læknisfingr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "læknisfingr" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

læknisfingr
læknisfingr, m. Ringfinger, den Lillefingeren nærmeste Finger (ags. læcefinger = me-dicus Wright-Wülcker I, 3072. 4487; jvfmedicus vel annularis = goldfinger, au-ricularis = læcefinger Wright-WülckerI, 15836 fg; eng. lecheman Halliwellpopular rhymes and nusery tales (Lon-don 1849) s. 203; lat. digitus medicusPlinii Hist. natur. 30, 34; digitusmedicalis Macrobii Saturnal. lib. 7 cap.13, § 7 fg); sagði hann, at fyrir þáskynsemi skyldi gull (nl. fingrgull)berast á hinum fjórða fingri, þeim semlæknisfingr heitir (lat. quem medicumvocant Hist. schol. 8915) næstr hinumminnsta, honum til skrauts ok fegrðar,at hann væri öllum þeim öðrum fyrirþat enn mætari ok tignari, at ein æðrliggi af honum allt til hjartans (jvfMacrob. l. c.) Stj. 19116-19 (Hist. schol. 898-11).

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᛅᚴᚿᛁᛋᚠᛁᚿᚵᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

c.
Capitel.
eng.
engels.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
nl.
nemlig.
p.
Pagina, side.
s.
substantiv.
S.
Side.

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