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þýmel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
þýmel, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§132; §340;
A thumbstall, fingerstall, thimble
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  • Wiþ scurfedum nægle ... wyrc þýmel tó, and lege eald spic onufan ðone nægl,

    • Lchdm. ii. 150, 6.
Etymology
[Themyl digitale,
  • Wulck. Gl. 578, 29
(15th cent.). Themelle, thymbylle, thymle digitale, parcipollex, pollicium, Cath. Aug. 383, where see note. Thymbyl theca, Prompt. Parv. 491.
Icel. þumall the thumb of a glove.
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Linked entries
v.  þúma.
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  • þýmel, n.