lengthe – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of lengthe

Noun: lengthe
Sg.lengthe
Pl.lengthes

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like lengthe

schimeringe, synger, serche, sengle, snoute, saucer, sauter, sapour, saphir, sachel, sculle, scrape, scrowe, scisme, sclate, schyfe, schyve, schole, schere, schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. Inherited from Old English lengþu, from Proto-West Germanic *langiþu, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō; equivalent to long + -the (abstract nominal suffix).
2. The rare forms with /i/ show the expected raising of /ɛ/ before /nɡ/, /nk/, which was mostly blocked by analogy with long and the form /ˈlɛnθ(ə)/. See: Old English Nouns 'lengþu', Old English Nouns 'lengþu'.

Verbs referencing "lengthe"

English Nouns length.

Translations