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Take here leng in Dict. , and add: , lenge.
of space relations, (i) cf. lang;
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  • Tó ðon ꝥ him nǽre ná álýfed furður tó gánne þonne swá swá þǽre racenteáge længe (leng, v. l.) áþened wæs

    ne ei ultra liceret progredi, quam catenae ejusdem quantitas tendebatur,

      Gr. D. 214, 8.

  • Wæs seó wícstów on lengo .xx. es furlonga long,

      Nar. 12, 16.

  • Gyf þú hwilce langwyrpe bóc habban wille . . . sete þíne swýþran ofer þínne wynstran earm be þǽre bóce læncge,

      Tech. ii. 119, 15. (l a) cf. lang;
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  • Lencge, híh[þe]

    proceritate, summitate,

      An. Ox. 1640.
of time relations. Cf. lang;
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  • Ǽr þon ðe seó sunne cyrre hig tó þæs dæges lenge

    ere the sun turn herself (before the winter solstice) and as an effect the length of the day increases,

      Shrn. 153, 28.

  • Þá lengce his lífes hé him eall gerehte

    longitudinem dierum suorum et finem vitae suae sibi in ordine manifestavit,

      Guth, Gr. 172, 31.

  • Mihst þú swá manegra tída lencgu oferfaran,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 522.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “lengu.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/54490.

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