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 Middle English, Northern)
- lengðe (Early Middle English)
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)
Descendants
- English: length
- Scots: lenth, lainth
References
- “length(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.