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LANG

  • adjective
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Grammar
LANG, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §7; §47; §50; §59; §60; §154; §221; §234; §276; §289; §317; §426; §443; §444; §620;
LONG, tall
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  • Hé sǽde ðæt ðæt land síe swíðe lang norþ ðonan

    he said that the land stretches thence far to the north,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 17, 4
      • .

  • Se wudu is eástlang and westlang hundtwelftiges míla lang oððe lengra

    the wood, measuring from east to west, is a hundred and twenty miles long, or longer,

    • Chr. 893
      • ;
    • Erl. 88, 28
      • .

  • Ðæt is þrittiges míla lang eást and west

    habet ab oriente in occasum triginta circiter milia passuum,

    • Bd. 1, 3
      • ;
    • S. 475, 19
      • .

  • Ðæt hé wǽre lang on bodige

    quod esset vir longæ staturæ,

    • 2, 16
      • ;
    • S. 519, 33
      • .

  • Ðæt is nú ðæs líchoman gód ðæt man síe fæger and lang and brád,

    • Bt. 34, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 140, 32
      • .

  • Eádweard se langa,

    • Byrht, Th. 139, 53
      • ;
    • By 273
      • .

  • Se biþ lang lífes and welig

    he shall be longlived and wealthy,

    • Lchdm. iii. 156, 18
      • .

  • Næs lang tó ðý ðæt his bróðor ðyses lǽnan lífes tíman geendode

    it was not long before his brother died,

    • 434, 24
      • .

  • Nis hit lang tó ðon,

    • Bd. 4, 24
      • ;
    • S. 599, 5
      • .

  • Hié tealdon ðætte Israhéla ríce sceolde beón hér on eorþan mycel and lang

    they reckoned that the kingdom of Israel should be great and lasting here on earth,

    • Blickl. Homl. 117, 18
      • .

  • Tó langum gemynde

    as a lasting memorial,

    • Homl. Skt. pref. 51
      • .

  • Langere tíde

    tanto tempore,

    • Bd. 1, 25
      • ;
    • S. 487, 11
      • .

  • Mid langre ádle

    longo morbo,

    • 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 534, 5
      • .

  • Ofer swá langne weg sǽs and landes

    per tam prolixa terrarum et maris spatia,

    • 2, 18
      • ;
    • S. 520, 36
      • .

  • Ealle ðás naman habbaþ langne .o. on eallum casum

    all these nouns have long o in all cases,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9
      • ;
    • Som. 8, 52
      • .

  • Ðá andswarode hé ymbe long

    then answered he after long,

    • Bt. 39, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 214, 8
      • .

  • Lange tíde

    multis temporibus,

    • Lk. Skt. 8, 27, 29
      • .

  • Hiwgende lang gebed

    simulantes longam orationem,

    • 20, 47
      • .

  • Ða beóþ eahta and feówertiges elna lange and ða mǽstan fíftiges elna lange.

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt.18, 6
      • .

  • Ða ðe tó lang tó secgenne syndon

    which are too long to narrate,

    • Bd. 3, 8
      • ;
    • S. 532, 12
      • .

  • Wæs se líchoma sponne lengra ðære þrýh

    corpus mensura palmi longius erat sarcofago,

    • 4, 11
      • ;
    • S. 580, 5
      • .

    sarcofago,

    • 4, 11
      • ;
    • S. 580, 5
      • .

  • Ne bip hé lengra ðonne syfan elna lang,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 18, 4.

  • Ðis eálond hafaþ mycele lengran dagas on sumera ðonne ða súþdǽlas middangeardes,

    • Bd. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 473, 32
      • .

  • Ðá bebeád hé ðæt him mon lengran cwidas beforan cwǽde

    præcepit eum sententias longiores dicere,

    • 5, 2
      • ;
    • S. 615
      • ;
    • 14
      • .

  • Ða onfóþ lengestne dóm

    hi accipient prolixius judicium,

    • Mk. 12, 40
      • .
Etymology
[
The word occurs in all the Teutonic dialects.
]
Derived forms
and-, dæg-, ealdor-, ge-, morgen-, niht-, sumor-lang, eást-lang
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “LANG.” 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/21145.

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