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to lengthen

  • 1 lengja

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    I)
    (-da, -dr), v. to lengthen (l. líf sitt); var lengt nafn hans, an addition was made to his name; hvat þarf þat l., what need to make a long story?; impers. to become longer (um vetrinn er daga lengdi).
    f. a long piece, strip.
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    1.
    d, [langr], to lengthen; var lengt nafn hans, there was added to his name, Fms. vi. 16; lengja líf sitt, i. 126; þarf eigi at lengja sögu um þat mál, it boots not to tell a long tale, xi. 9; lengja leið sína, Eg. 742; orð-lengja, to lengthen out words; hvat þarf þat lengja, what need to make a long story? Karl. 374, 427.
    II. impers. to lengthen, esp. of days and seasons; um vetrinn er daga lengdi, Hrafn. 30; nótt (acc.) lengir.
    III. reflex., e-m lengisk, to long after; sem þessir tveir vetr vóru liðnir þá þótti Jósaphat lengjask mjök, Barl. 198.
    2.
    u, f. an oblong piece, Skíða R. 27; bak-lengja, q. v.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > lengja

  • 2 DRÝGJA

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    (-ða, -ðr), v.
    1) to commit, perpetrate, carry out, practice (drýgja synd, hórdóm, munuðlífi); drýgja vilja es, to compily with one’s wishes; drýgja hlýðni við en, to obey one;
    2) to make to go far, eke out (dróttinn drýgði svá þær vistir, at þær, etc.); hvat þarf þetta orðum drýgja ( to expatiate on)?.
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    ð, [drjúgr; A. S. dreógan = to endure; North. E. and Scot. to dree = to endure, suffer]:—to commit, perpetrate, mostly in a bad sense; d. synd, to commit a sin, K. Á. 202; d. glæp, id.; d. hórdóm, to commit whoredom, Sks. 340; þú skalt ekki hórdóm d., thou shall not commit whoredom; d. misræðu við konu, id., Grág. i. 338; d. hernað, to pirate, ii. 70; d. ílsku, Orkn. 32: it is a standing phrase in eccl. or sacred writers, N. T., Pass., Vidal.: in a good sense only in a few phrases as the allit., d. dáð, Sturl. iii. 7; or in poets or bad old prose; orlög d., A. S. orlig dreogan (cp. the North. E. to dree one’s weird = to abide one’s fate), to try one’s luck, Vkv. i, cp. also the Germ. tales, in die welt gehen; d. hlýðni, Sks. 675; d. mannliga náttúru, to pay the debt of nature, 447; d. e-s vilja, to comply with one’s wishes, Bær. 14,—the last three passages are bad prose.
    β. to make to keep longer, to lengthen, Bs. ii. 173, Bb. 3. 30.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > DRÝGJA

  • 3 togna

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    (að), v. to be stretched; dagr tekr at t., the day begins to lengthen.
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    að, to be stretched; dagr tognar, the day lengthens, Sks. 67; var þá hvönnin nær öll upp tognuð, pulled up, Fbr. 88; það hefir tognað sin, been stretched, strained; það tognar úr því, it unwinds itself.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > togna

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  • Lengthen — Length en ( n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lengthened} ( nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lengthening} ( n*[i^]ng).] To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; sometimes followed by out. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lengthen — Length en, v. i. To become longer. Locke. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lengthen — I verb add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, compound, continue, draw out, elongate, enlarge, enlarge upon, expand, extend, increase, keep, make larger, project, prolong, prolongate, protract, spin out, spread, stretch, supplement, sustain,… …   Law dictionary

  • lengthen out — index protract (stall) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • lengthen — (v.) late 14c., from LENGTH (Cf. length) + EN (Cf. en) (1). Related: Lengthened; lengthening. Earlier verb was simply length (c.1300) …   Etymology dictionary

  • lengthen — *extend, elongate, prolong, protract Analogous words: *increase, augment: *expand, amplify, distend Antonyms: shorten Contrasted words: abridge, abbreviate, curtail (see SHORTEN) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • lengthen — [v] extend amplify, augment, continue, dilate, distend, drag out, draw, draw out*, elongate, expand, increase, let out, make longer, pad, proceed, prolong, prolongate, protract, reach, spin out*, stretch, string out*; concepts 236,239,245 Ant.… …   New thesaurus

  • lengthen — ► VERB ▪ make or become longer …   English terms dictionary

  • lengthen — [leŋk′thən, leŋ′thən] vt., vi. to make or become longer SYN. EXTEND lengthener n …   English World dictionary

  • lengthen — lengthener, n. /lengk theuhn, leng , len /, v.t. 1. to make longer; make greater in length. v.i. 2. to become greater in length; grow long or longer. [1490 1500; LENGTH + EN1] Syn. 1. elongate, draw out. LENGTHEN, EXTEND, STRETCH, PROLONG,… …   Universalium

  • lengthen — UK [ˈleŋθ(ə)n] / US [ˈleŋθən] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms lengthen : present tense I/you/we/they lengthen he/she/it lengthens present participle lengthening past tense lengthened past participle lengthened to become longer, or to… …   English dictionary

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