lengi

Friulian

Alternative forms

• lenzi (standard orthography)

Verb

lengi

1. Alternative form of lenzi

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lengi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈleiɲcɪ]

  Rhymes: -eiɲcɪ

Adverb

lengi (comparative lengur, superlative lengst)

1. long (for a long time)

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• ekki lengur
• lengi lifi
• mega lengi lifa

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Old High German

Etymology

lang (“long”) +‎ -ī

Noun

lengī f

1. length

Descendants

• German: Länge

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Old Norse

Adverb

lengi (comparative lengr, superlative lengst)

1. long (for a long time)

Descendants

• Danish: længe
• Faroese: leingi
• Icelandic: lengi

• Norwegian: lenge (Bokmål), lenge (Nynorsk)
• Swedish: länge

References

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