langsum

• longsum

From Proto-West Germanic *langasam. Equivalent to lang +‎ -sum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑnɡ.sum/, [ˈlɑŋɡ.sum]

langsum (superlative langsumast)

1. (of time) long, long-lasting
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᛚ byþ lēodum langsum ġeþūht...

     Sea is by princes thought long-enduring...

2. (of actions) wearisome, prolix, tedious, tardy, dilatory
3. (of space relations) lengthy, extended; outstretched
4. (of someone) long-suffering, patient

• langsumlīċ
• langsumlīċe
• langsumnes

• Middle English: langsum, longsum, longsom
  • Scots: langsum, langsome
  • English: longsome

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “langsum”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• lânsum

From Old Frisian *langsum, from Proto-West Germanic *langasam. Cognate with Dutch langzaam and Saterland Frisian loangsoam.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaŋ.səm/, [ˈlaŋ.sm̩]
• Rhymes: -aŋsəm, -aŋsm̩
• Hyphenation: lang‧sum

langsum

1. slow (with little speed)

   Synonyms: stadich, traach

   Ik soe dizze auto net keapje as ik dy wie, it is te langsum.

   I wouldn't buy this car if I were you, it's too slow.

• “langsum” at Frysker
• “langsum”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011