Old English · adverb
leng
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /lenj/[lend͡ʒ]
- Syllables
- lenj (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- longerlange
Meaning
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longer (comparative degree of lange)
Þā cwæð eall sēo meniu þe ðǣr mid stōd ofwundrod þæt sē cwellere ne sċeolde swenċan hī nā lenġ...
Then said all the multitude who stood there astonished, that the executioner should vex her no longer...
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Ash-Wednesday"
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *langi, from Proto-Germanic *langiz.
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