Middle English Dictionary Entry
fingering ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | fingering ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The act of pointing with a finger; (b) the action of plucking the strings of a musical instrument.
Associated quotations
a
- a1475 Bk.Courtesy (Sln 1986)249 : Bekenyng, fynguryng, non þou vse.
b
- c1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson)91 : As an harpe obeith to the hond And maketh it soune after his fyngerynge.