lengi

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Friulian

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Alternative forms

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  • lenzi (standard orthography)

Verb

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lengi

  1. Alternative form of lenzi

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lengi.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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lengi (comparative lengur, superlative lengst)

  1. long (for a long time)

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

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Old High German

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Etymology

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

Noun

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lengī f

  1. length

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Middle High German: lenge

Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Adverb

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lengi (comparative lengr, superlative lengst)

  1. long (for a long time)

Descendants

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References

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