langr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *langaz, whence also Old English lang, Old High German lang.

Adjective

langr (comparative lengri, superlative lengstr)

  1. long, far, distant (of distance and length)
    langt sverð
    a long sword
    Þeir áttu eigi langt til eyjarinnar.
    They had no long distance to the island.
  2. long (of space and time)
    lǫng stund
    a long while, a long time
  3. long, wearisome

Declension
    Strong declension of langr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative langr lǫng langt
accusative langan langa langt
dative lǫngum langri lǫngu
genitive langs langrar langs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative langir langar lǫng
accusative langa langar lǫng
dative lǫngum lǫngum lǫngum
genitive langra langra langra
    Weak declension of langr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative langi langa langa
accusative langa lǫngu langa
dative langa lǫngu langa
genitive langa lǫngu langa
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lǫngu lǫngu lǫngu
accusative lǫngu lǫngu lǫngu
dative lǫngum lǫngum lǫngum
genitive lǫngu lǫngu lǫngu
    Declension of comparative of langr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lengri lengri lengra
accusative lengra lengri lengra
dative lengra lengri lengra
genitive lengra lengri lengra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lengri lengri lengri
accusative lengri lengri lengri
dative lengrum lengrum lengrum
genitive lengri lengri lengri
    Strong declension of superlative of langr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lengstr lengst lengst
accusative lengstan lengsta lengst
dative lengstum lengstri lengstu
genitive lengsts lengstrar lengsts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lengstir lengstar lengst
accusative lengsta lengstar lengst
dative lengstum lengstum lengstum
genitive lengstra lengstra lengstra
    Weak declension of superlative of langr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lengsti lengsta lengsta
accusative lengsta lengstu lengsta
dative lengsta lengstu lengsta
genitive lengsta lengstu lengsta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lengstu lengstu lengstu
accusative lengstu lengstu lengstu
dative lengstum lengstum lengstum
genitive lengstu lengstu lengstu

Descendants
  • Icelandic: langur
  • Faroese: langur
  • Norn: lang
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lang
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lang
  • Old Swedish: langer
  • Danish: lang
  • Gutnish: langgar, langgår, langgur

References
  • “langr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Byock, Jesse L. (2013) Viking Language 1: Learn Old Norse, Runes, and Icelandic Sagas, →ISBN, page 356
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