lengu
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Old English
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Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *langį̄. Cognate with Old Frisian lendze, lentze, Old High German lengi, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌴𐌹 (laggei). Equivalent to lang + -u.
Pronunciation
Noun
lenġu f
- length; distance, duration
- Ælfric's De Temporibus Anni
- Eft is beboden on þām regole ... þæt nǣfre ne sȳ sē hālga ēasterdæġ gemǣrsod ǣr ðan ðe sēo lenctenlīċe emniht sȳ agān, & ðæs dæġes lenċġe oferstīġe þā niht
- It is again commanded in the canon ... that the holy Easter Day never be celebrated before the spring equinox is past, and the day's length exceeds the night
- Ælfric's Catholic Homilies: the Second Series
- Ðā becōme wyt tō ānre dene sēo wæs ormǣtlīċe dēop and wīd, and fornēan on lenġe unġeendod
- Then we came upon a valley that was immensely deep and wide, and in length nearly endless
- Ælfric's De Temporibus Anni
- height, stature
- 12th century, The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
- Saga mē: hū lang wæs Adam on lænġe ġeseapen?
- Tell me, how tall in stature was Adam made?
- 12th century, The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
Declension
Strong īn-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lenġu | lenġu, lenġe |
| accusative | lenġu, lenġe | lenġu, lenġe |
| genitive | lenġu, lenġe | lenġa |
| dative | lenġu, lenġe | lenġum |
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References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “lengu”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “lengu, lenge noun, leng”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le
, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.
