Lengja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - lengja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "lengja" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

lengja Old Icelandic word can mean:

lengja
I)
lengja
(-da, -dr), v. to lengthen (l. líf sitt); var lengt nafn hans, an addition was made to his name; hvat þarf þat l., what need to make a long story?; impers. to become longer (um vetrinn er daga lengdi).
lengja
II)
lengja
f. a long piece, strip.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚾᚴᛁᛅ

Abbreviations used:

impers.
impersonal.
f.
feminine.

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