Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 24, 2024
Search: WORTH~NOTHING
| BOOKS: | ||||||
| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 648 | Long (1918) | WORTH~NOTHING | WORTHLESS | WORTHLESS: Sign for "worth," then follow with turning the hands apart, and dropping them. Or, (2) Strike the closed "O" hands together several times, bringing the thumbs and forefingers as closed together, then draw the hands apart. Or, in the last part of the sign open the hands quickly, draw the right hand above the left, and strike the palm of the left with the back of the right and let the hands then fall apart. | 75 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=648&refid=long1918 |
| FILMS: | ||||||
| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 300 | Fox (1915) | WORTH~NOTHING | N/A | 2P-IX-PL~1P-IX-PL DECIDE DET-IX-PL(rt) HONOR(rc) DIE(2h) FUTURE(l-hand,rf) NOT(l-hand) DIE(1h) WORTH~NOTHING(l-hand) | 25 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fox&glossid=300 |
| 673 | Hotchkiss (1913) | WORTH~NOTHING | N/A | THINKING 3P-POSS(lt) pn:JESUS LIVE FAIL 3P-POSS(lt) DO WORTH~NOTHING ALL~WIPE-AWAY pose:grieving(hand-on-head) | 63 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=673 |
| 584 | Veditz (1913) | WORTH~NOTHING | N/A | 3P-SELF+(rt) TELL(2h,arc) HERE SIGN WORTH(rf)~gs:NOTHING HELP gs:NOTHING TO DEAF. | 54 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=584 |