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leng

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
leng, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§252; §556;
Length [of time or space], height, stature
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  • Mannes leng

    statura,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 43
      • ;
    • Som. 45, 4
      • .

  • Nǽfre ne sý se hálga eásterdæg gemǽrsod ǽr ðan ðe ðæs dæges lenge [lencge MS. P; lenge, MS. L.] oferstíge ða niht

    never let the holy Easter-day be celebrated, before the length of the day exceed the night,

    • Lchdm. iii. 256, 13
      • .

  • Swá micel swá seó sǽ heó mǽst wiðteóhþ and git ánes mannes lenge ðe healt ánne spreót on his hand and strecþ hine swá feor swá hé mæg árǽcan intó ðere sǽ

    quantum mare plus se retraxerit, et adhuc statura unius hominis tenentis lignum quod Angle nominant spreót, et tendentis ante se quantum potest,

    • Chart. Th. 318, 10
      • .

  • Lenge

    proceritatis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 8
      • .

  • Hú lang wæs Adam on lenge gesceapen

    how tall was Adam created?

    • Salm. Kmbl. 180, 19
      • .

  • Hwilc eówer mæg geícan áne elne to his lenge?

    • Homl. Th. ii. 464, 2.

  • Forneán on lenge ungeendod

    almost infinite in length,

    • 350, 7.

  • Þreóhund fæðma biþ se arc on lenge,

    • Gen. 6, 15
      • .

  • Far geond ðis land on lenge and on brǽde

    perambula terram in longitudine et in latitudine sua,

    • 13, 17
      • :
    • Nar. 33, 22
      • .

  • Leáf on fingeres lenge

    leaves of the length of a finger,

    • Herb. 147, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 270, 22
      • .

  • On fingres lencge,

    • 15o, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 274, 4
      • .

  • Seó sunne stód stille ánes dæges lencge [længce, MS. M.]

    the sun stood still for the length of one day,

    • Lchdm. iii. 262, 9
      • .

  • Dó ðus ða lange ðe hit beþurfe

    do thus for the length of time that is necessary,

    • 114, 18
      • .

  • Tele ða lenge ðære hwile ...

    compare the length of time ...

    • Bt. 18, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 66, 6
      • .

  • On ðínum handum synd ða lenge mínra tída

    in manibus tuis tempora mea,

    • Ps. Th. 30, 17
      • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. lengi
:
Ger. länge.
]
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v. lengu.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “leng.” 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/21381.

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