langr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Adjective

langr (feminine löng, neuter langt, 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)

   löng stund

   a long while, a long time

3. long, wearisome

Descendants

• Danish: lang
• Faroese: langur
• Icelandic: langur

• Norwegian: lang
• Swedish: lång

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-13: 978-1480216440, page 356