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lang-lífe

  • adjective
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Grammar
lang-lífe, -líf; adj.
Long-lived
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  • Langlífe

    longævus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 35
    • ;
    • Som. 62, 95
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 28, 72
    • .
  • Langlíf [MS. C. langlífe, Zup. 320, 1]

    longaevus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 85, 59
    • .
  • Ðæt ðú sí langlífe

    ut longo vivas tempore,

    • Deut. 5, 16
    • :
    • 4, 1.
  • Longlífe and gileáffull suǽ Sarra

    longeva et fidelis ut Sarra,

    • Rtl. 109, 39.
  • Langlífe hé biþ

    he shall live long,

    • Lchdm. iii. 184, 4
    • .
Etymology
[
Icel. lang-lífr
:
O. H. Ger. lanc-líp longaevus, Grff. 2, 46.
]
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Word-wheel

  • lang-lífe, adj.