Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 25, 2024
Search: FEAR
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 13 | Higgins (1923) | FEAR | AFRAID | AFRAID: Body shrinking backward and both vertical palms outward as if to ward off the object both seen and feared. (Timid) (Fear) (Coward: "fear" "er"). | 7 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=13&refid=higgins1923 |
| 166 | Long (1918) | FEAR | FEAR | FEAR: Throw the hands up as if warding off impending danger, and shrink back. V,87. | 30 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=166&refid=long1918 |
| 602 | Long (1918) | FEAR | COWARDLY, AFRAID, TIMID | COWARDLY, AFRAID, TIMID: Hold up the "5" hands, with palms out, as if to ward off some danger; bring the hands back toward the body with a downward motion and draw the body back as if shrinking from imaginary danger. | 71 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=602&refid=long1918 |
| 13 | Michaels (1923) | FEAR | AFRAID | AFRAID: 1. Hold both hands out before you with the palms turned down. 2. Draw the hands back toward you in a trembling manner. 3. Draw up the shoulders a little. 4. Have a frightened look. | 21 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=13&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 338 | Gallaudet (1910) | FEAR | N/A | WALK cl-trace:1(walkway,-to-rt) NEAR(-to-X) MIND~SPIN SOME(rep2x) THINK~SUPERIOR FEEL(2h) FEAR FALL(2h,rt) IN LIQUID-CLASS~cl-d:55(ocean,-to-rt) cl-d-trace:B(path-dn,-to-rt) | 32 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=338 |