lengu

• lenġo, lenċġu, lenċġo, lænġo
• lenġe, lenċġe, lænġe, lenġ
• lenġeo, lenġio — diacritical e/i

From Proto-Germanic *langį̄. Cognate with Old Frisian lendze, lentze, Old High German lengi, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌴𐌹 (laggei). Equivalent to lang +‎ -u.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlen.ju/, [ˈlen.d͡ʒu]

lenġu f

1. length; distance, duration
   • Ælfric's De Temporibus Anni

     Eft is beboden on þām regole ... þæt nǣfre ne sȳ sē hālga ēasterdæġ gemǣrsod ǣr ðan ðe sēo lenctenlīċe emniht sȳ agān, & ðæs dæġes lenċġe oferstīġe þā niht

     It is again commanded in the canon ... that the holy Easter Day never be celebrated before the spring equinox is past, and the day's length exceeds the night

   • Ælfric's Catholic Homilies: the Second Series

     Ðā becōme wyt tō ānre dene sēo wæs ormǣtlīċe dēop and wīd, and fornēan on lenġe unġeendod

     Then we came upon a valley that was immensely deep and wide, and in length nearly endless

2. height, stature
   • 12th century, The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn

     Saga mē: hū lang wæs Adam on lænġe ġeseapen^[sic]?

     Tell me, how tall in stature was Adam made?

Strong īn-stem:

• lenġ
• lengþ

• handlenġu

• lang

• Middle English: lēnge, lengh, længe

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “lengu”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “lengu, lenge noun, leng”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.