lenge

From leng (“to swing, sway”) +‎ -e (obsolete participle suffix).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛŋɡɛ]
• Hyphenation: len‧ge
• Rhymes: -ɡɛ

lenge (comparative lengébb, superlative leglengébb)

1. airy, flimsy, gossamer, gauzy, tenuous, insubstantial, ethereal

• lenge in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

From Old Norse lengi.

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lenge (comparative lenger, superlative lengst)

1. long, for a long time

   for lenge - for long, too long

   for lenge siden - a long time ago

   så lenge (som) - as long as

• “lenge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse lengi.

• IPA^(key): /²lɛnʝə/, /²lɛŋɡə/, /²lɛŋːə/

lenge (comparative lenger, superlative lengst)

1. for long

   No har me vore her lenge.

   We have been here for long now.

• “lenge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlen.je/, [ˈlen.d͡ʒe]

lenġe

1. inflection of lenġu:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative singular/plural
   3. genitive/dative singular