lengthe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• leinþ, lencþe, length, lengþe, lenkthe, lenkþe, lenth, lenthe, lenþe, leynþe
• lenght, lenghte, lenghthe, lenȝte, lenȝth (especially Northern)
• lencth, lenketh, lenkethe, lenkith (Late Middle English, Northern)
• lengðe (Early Middle English)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English lengþu, from Proto-West Germanic *langiþu, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō; equivalent to long +‎ -the (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

lengthe (plural lengthes)

1. length

Descendants

• English: length
• Scots: lenth, lainth

References

• “length(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.