Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 23, 2024
Search: FREE
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 230 | Higgins (1923) | FREE | DELIVER | DELIVER: Both hands closed, palms downward, crossed at the wrists as if manacled and then drawn apart to the sides as if breaking the bonds. (Free) (Relief) (Safe) (Save) (Redeem). | 44 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=230&refid=higgins1923 |
| 145 | Long (1918) | FREE | FREE, SAVE, SAFE, RELIEF | FREE, SAFE, SAVE, RELIEF, etc. (idea of freedom from some bondage): With "S" hands crossed at the wrists as if bound, with an apparent effort break the imaginary bonds and free the hands, throwing them apart. IV,69. | 28 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=145&refid=long1918 |
| 921 | Long (1918) | FREE~AGENT | SAVIOUR | SAVIOUR: Cross the "A" hands at the wrists as if the hands were bound, and then bring the hands apart to indicate "freedom" and add the sign for "-er" to indicate the person. | 101 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=921&refid=long1918 |
| 505 | Michaels (1923) | FREE | SAFE | SAFE: 1. Cross the wrists with the fists closed. 2. Draw them suddenly apart. 3. Have a relieved expression. | 110 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=505&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 37 | Fay (1913) | FREE | N/A | IN THAT(1h) YEAR, pn:AMERICA CELEBRATE(1h) FREE UP-TILL-NOW ONE~HUNDRED YEAR+ WITH MUCH FANCY+(restr) SHOW IN CITY++(slight_arc) pn:PHILADELPHIA. | 3 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fay&glossid=37 |
| 117 | Fox (1915) | FREE | N/A | SHAPE(rt) IN FREE AND cl:CC(set-aside,rt) TO DET-IX PRINCIPLE ALL MALE~FEMALE~PEOPLE BORN EQUAL. | 14 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fox&glossid=117 |
| 313 | Fox (1915) | FREE | N/A | DET-IX-PL HERE NATION BELOW 3P-IX(up) FUTURE HAVE ONE NEW BORN RELATED(lc-to-rc) WITH FREE | 26 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fox&glossid=313 |
| 582 | Gallaudet (1910) | FREE | N/A | HAVE ROCK~cl-d-trace:BB(up-mountain) cl-d-trace:B(surrounding-land) SEE~KEEP FREE FROM INTERFERE(rep2x) | 51 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=582 |
| 674 | McGregor (1913) | FREE | N/A | PRAY LEAD 1P-IX-PL NEGATIVE IN TEMPT~FAIL(lt) BUT gs:GRAB-HAND(-to-rt) FREE FROM TROUBLE pose:bow | 62 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=674 |
| 183 | Veditz (1913) | FREE | N/A | 3P-SELF-PL(rt-to-ctr) LOOK-AT(2h,rt-to-ctr) ON 1P-IX-PL(arc-to-1P) SAME+ INDEFINITE(rt) JAIL(dn_rt)~AGENT IRON(dn-at-leg,rt) CHAINS+(dn-at-leg,rt), LOOK-AT(2h,rt_dn-to-ctr_up) ON INDEFINITE(ctr) OUT FREE TRAVEL(arc) | 17 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=183 |