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langian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
langian, p. ode: v. impers. with acc. of pers.
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
To cause longing, desire, discontent, orpain in a person
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  • Langaþ ðé áwuht

    dost thou desire aught?

    • Cd. 25
      • :
    • Th. 32, 1
      • ;
    • Gen. 496
      • .

  • Hæleþ langode hwonne hié of nearwe stæppan mósten

    the men longed for the time when they might step from durance,

    • 71
      • ;
    • Th. 86, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 1431
      • .

  • Hine ðæs heardost langode hwanne hé of ðisse worlde móste,

    • Blickl. Homl. 227, 1
      • .

  • Mec longade

    I was ill at ease,

    • Exon. 115 a
      • ;
    • Th. 442, 18
      • ;
    • Kl. 14
      • .

  • Longiga

    tædere,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 13
      • .

  • Ðæt ús nú æfter swelcum longian mǽge swelce ðá wǽron

    that we should now long for such times as then were,

    • Ors. 2, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 84, 27
      • .

  • Ðá ongan hine eft langian on his cýððe

    then he began to long again for his native land,

    • Blickl. Homl. 113, 15
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. langón (with acc. of pers.)
:
Icel. langa (pers. and impers.)
:
O. H. Ger. langén, langón (mih langet desidero.)
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “langian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21154.

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