Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 21, 2024
Search: WISE
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 846 | Higgins (1923) | WISE | WISE | WISE: Right index of prone hand bent and pointing down into the forehead. (Wisdom) (Intellectual) (Intelligence) (Genius). | 148 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=846&refid=higgins1923 |
| 195 | Long (1918) | WISE | WISE | WISE: Crook the right "G" forefinger and lift the hand to the forehead; place the end of the finger at the top of the center and move it downward across the forehead. VI,103. | 33 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=195&refid=long1918 |
| 196 | Long (1918) | WISE~DEEP | SCIENCE, DEEP WISDOM | SCIENCE, or to indicate DEEP WISDOM: Place the forefinger as in "think" or in "wise," hold the left hand out in front of you with fingers extended and loosely apart; bring the end of the right forefinger from the head and pierce it through or between the fingers of the hand, indicating that the wisdom goes down deep. VI,104. | 33 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=196&refid=long1918 |
| 657 | Michaels (1923) | WISE | WISE | WISE: 1. Touch the forehead with the point of the index finger. 2. Hook the finger and move it up and down in front of and near the forehead. 3. Have a grave look. | 138 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=657&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 35 | Cloud (1913) | WISE | N/A | 3P-SELF PASS-DOWN(rf) FANCY PEOPLE, RICH HAVE, LEARN WISE HAVE SOUL STRONG LOVE FEEL~PITY(2h) FOR(rf) PEOPLE, AND WITH EVERY++(linear) HOPE FOR(rf) GLORY SUCCEED IN ANY WORK WANT+, | 2 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=cloud&glossid=35 |
| 83 | Fay (1913) | WISE | N/A | DET-IX(lt) NAME FAMOUS SPECIAL ONE WHY~SUPERIOR(2h) EMPEROR~OVER-ALL~AGENT NEGATIVE, BUT SO-AS MALE~cl-d:B(height) INTELLIGENT~INTELLIGENT(int), WISE, ENTHUSIASTIC, KIND, LOVE 3P-POSS(lt) PEOPLE~CLASS DO MUCH PROGRESS 3P-POSS(lt) NATION DURING YEAR+ FIFTY-EIGHT 3P-IX(lt) CONTINUE EMPEROR~OVER-ALL~AGENT. | 6 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fay&glossid=83 |