langa.
to cause to want, to make feel like [with preceding accusative ‘someone’, along with í (+ accusative) ‘something’ or að (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’] (idiomatically translated as “want” or “feel like”, with the preceding accusative object as the logical subject)
Meaning & usage
to cause to want, to make feel like [with preceding accusative ‘someone’, along with í (+ accusative) ‘something’ or að (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’] (idiomatically translated as “want” or “feel like”, with the preceding accusative object as the logical subject)
Mig langar í hest!
Langar þig í hest?
to crave, to have a hankering for
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse langa (“to long for; desire”), from Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire; long for”), related to English long, German verlangen. More at long.
ling (fish)
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse langa; compare Faroese longa.
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