lengthe

Middle English

Alternative forms

leinþ, lencþe, length, lengþe, lenkthe, lenkþe, lenth, lenthe, lenþe, leynþe
lenght, lenghte, lenghthe, lenȝte, lenȝth (especially Northern)
lencth, lenketh, lenkethe, lenkith (late, Northern)
lengðe (early)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English lengþu, from Proto-West Germanic *langiþu, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō; equivalent to long +‎ -the (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

lengthe (plural lengthes)

length

Descendants

English: length
Scots: lenth, lainth

References

“length(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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