lengi

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Friulian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • lenzi (standard orthography)

Verb[edit]

lengi

  1. Alternative form of lenzi

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse lengi.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

lengi (comparative lengur, superlative lengst)

  1. long (for a long time)

Usage notes[edit]

The adverb lengi is categorised as one of the tíðaratviksorð or “adverbs of time”.

Derived terms[edit]

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *langī, from Proto-Germanic *langį̄; equivalent to lang (long) +‎ .

Noun[edit]

lengī f

  1. length

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle High German: lenge

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from an accusative case form of Proto-Germanic *langį̄.

Adverb[edit]

lengi (comparative lengr, superlative lengst)

  1. long (for a long time)

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • lengi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press