lengja.
to lengthen
Meaning & usage
to lengthen
to cause to long/yearn [with preceding accusative ‘experiencer’, along with eftir (+ dative) ‘for something’ or til að (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’] (idiomatically translated as “long for” or “yearn for”, with the accusative object as the logical subject)
Mig lengir eftir öðrum kossi frá henni.
Hann lengti til að fara heim.
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse lengja, from Proto-Germanic *langijaną. Related to lengd.
a long item
a length, i.e. a (long) piece (of string, licorice, etc.)
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.