lengja

lengthen

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I)

(-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).

II)

f. a long piece, strip.

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1.

d, [langr], to lengthen; var lengt nafn hans, there was added to his name, Fms. vi. 16; lengja líf sitt, i. 126; þarf eigi at lengja sögu um þat mál, it boots not to tell a long tale, xi. 9; lengja leið sína, Eg. 742; orð-lengja, to lengthen out words; hvat þarf þat lengja, what need to make a long story? Karl. 374, 427.

II. impers. to lengthen, esp. of days and seasons; um vetrinn er daga lengdi, Hrafn. 30; nótt (acc.) lengir.

III. reflex., e-m lengisk, to long after; sem þessir tveir vetr vóru liðnir þá þótti Jósaphat lengjask mjök, Barl. 198.

2.

u, f. an oblong piece, Skíða R. 27; bak-lengja, q. v.