Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 27, 2024
Search: GOD
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 361 | Higgins (1923) | GOD | GOD | GOD: Right open palm points upward and then with a slight reverent flourish bend the wrist so hand becomes slightly prone. (Some merely point the index toward heaven, but this seems to be better used only when we refer to God as angry with sin.) | 67 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=361&refid=higgins1923 |
| 909 | Long (1918) | GOD | GOD | GOD: Elevating the right "G" hand, point it outward, then draw it backward and downward toward self; the end then points up toward heaven. Some use whole open hand. XIX,353. | 100 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=909&refid=long1918 |
| 252 | Michaels (1923) | DET-IX~GOD | GOD | GOD: 1. Point the index finger, with the tips of the thumb and middle finger touching each other, heavenward. 2. Extend your eyes heavenward. 3. Move the hand down before your face slowly, spread out the fingers as you do so. 4. Bow the head reverently. | 65 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=252&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 275 | Dougherty (1913) | GOD | N/A | 3P-IX C-H-E-A-T GOD BETRAY GOD ANGRY(1h) WITH PEOPLE DET-IX-PL UP-TILL-NOW TIME E-V-E TEMPT A-D-A-M EAT(2h-alt) APPLE. | 29 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=275 |
| 277 | Dougherty (1913) | GOD | N/A | 3P-IX C-H-E-A-T GOD BETRAY GOD ANGRY(1h) WITH PEOPLE DET-IX-PL UP-TILL-NOW TIME E-V-E TEMPT A-D-A-M EAT(2h-alt) APPLE. | 29 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=277 |
| 297 | Dougherty (1913) | GOD | N/A | DOCTOR TROUBLE PROTECT(rt) DISCUSS(rt) GOD FEEL~PITY(rf-to-rc). | 31 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=297 |
| 406 | Erd (1913) | GOD | N/A | TO LAND~cl:55(up,spread) PLACE(up) ALL(pitch) SPIRIT GOD(l-hand) END(rf) BLESS, | 39 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&glossid=406 |
| 680 | Hotchkiss (1913) | GOD | N/A | HEAVEN~THERE(up_rt) ANGEL SING GIVE(up_rt) GOD SEE(l-hand,lt) pn:JESUS(lt) DIE(1h,l-hand,lt), SAD STOP SING CRY(1h) | 64 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=680 |
| 692 | Hotchkiss (1913) | GOD | N/A | D-A-V-I-D DET-IX(up_rt) gs:STRUM-HARP GIVE(up_rt) GOD SING, SEE(l-hand,lt) pn:JESUS DIE(2h), gs:STRUM-HARP STOP gs:HOLD-HARP | 65 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=692 |
| 132 | McGregor (1913) | GOD | N/A | fs:IF pn:JESus(false-start) GOD pn:JESUS 3P-POSS(rt) FATHER AND 1P-POSS FATHER AND 2P-POSS-PL(int) FATHER gs:OH-WELL FOLLOW 1P-IX-PL TRUE ALL MALE~SAME FEMALE~SAME ALL CHILDREN ONE FATHER. | 17 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=132 |
| 501 | McGregor (1913) | GOD | N/A | 3P-IX(lt) TELL-3P(rt) 1P-IX PUT-DOWN+ NAME++ MALE~ALL-OVER WHO GOD(up) 3P-SELF(up) LOVE. | 47 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=501 |
| 539 | McGregor (1913) | GOD | N/A | NAME+ 2P-POSS(rt) FIRST(1h) LEAD fs:OF ALL MALE(rep_internal_mov) GOD LOVE THINK~SUPERIOR 2P-SELF(rt) LOVE ALL MALE | 52 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=539 |
| 668 | Veditz (1913) | GOD~DET-IX | N/A | 1P-IX HOPE+ 1P-IX-PL(arc-to-1P) ALL FUTURE LOVE AND PROTECT(arc,lt-to-rt) 1P-POSS-PL(1P-to-arc-to-1P) BEAUTIFUL S-I-G-N L-A-N-G-U-A-G-E(ctr-to-rt) A-S T-H-E N-O-B-L-E-S-T(lt-to-rt) G-I-F-T(ctr) GOD~DET-IX(up) GIVE TO DEAF pose:bow. | 59 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=668 |