fingerdocce

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From finger + *docce, from Proto-West Germanic *dokkā, from Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ (strength, power).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfin.ɡerˌdok.ke/,

Noun

fingerdocce f

  1. finger muscles
  2. (botany) foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)

Usage notes

  • The exact gender is not known for certain, as the only attested form is in the genitive plural as fingirdoccana, fingirdoccuna, fingirdocuna; but it is assumed feminine due to analogy of the second element, *docce, with related terms in Old Saxon and Old High German.