Löngu

Old Norwegian Dictionary - löngu

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "löngu" (or lǫngu) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

löngu (lǫngu): löngu, adv. for lang Tid siden (eg. Dat. Neutr. af langr, = fyrir löngu, se un-der langr S. 417a36 fgg); hann kveztætla, at löngu mundi hann vestr umriðinn Sturl. II, 1835; er konungrinnsá þat, mælti hann: - ekki trúi ek,at þessi blámaðr hafi löngu komit tilhennar sængr; m. svarar: - hann hefiropt til hennar sængr komit Klm. 5618.

Part of speech: adv

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, löngu may be more accurately written as lǫngu.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᚯᚿᚵᚢ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

adv.: Adverbium.

Dat.: Dativ.

eg.: egentlig.

m.: Masculin.

S.: Side.

v.: Verbum.

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