Old English · noun
lengu
Normalised lenġu
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong īn-stem
- IPA
- /ˈlen.ju/[ˈlen.d͡ʒu]
- Syllables
- ˈlen · ju (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- durationlengthdistancestatureheight
Meaning
-
length; distance, duration
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 De Temporibus Anni -
height, stature
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
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *langį̄. Cognate with Old Frisian lendze, lentze, Old High German lengi, Gothic (laggei). Equivalent to lang + -u.
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