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lang-sum

  • adjective
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Grammar
lang-sum, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§636;
Long, taking a long time, prolix, lasting a long time, long-enduring, long-suffering
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  • Nis mé ðæs þearf tó secgenne forðon hit longsum is and eác monegum cúþ

    nec per ordinem nunc retexere nostrum est, quia et operi longum et omnibus notum videtur,

    • Ors. 1, 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 50, 16
      • .

  • Ða tó talanna longsum is

    quos enumerare longissimum est,

    • Mt. Kmbl. p. 7, 7
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2962
      • ;
    • An. 1484
      • .

  • Hú langsum wæs him se hlísa

    how lasting was that fame for him?

    • Bt. 18, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 68, 5
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 3076
      • ;
    • B. 1536
      • .

  • Hwæt gif ic bíde merigenes se ebréisca cwæþ ne biþ hit swá langsum

    'What if I last till morning?' The Jew said 'It will not be so long,'

    • Homl. Skt. 3, 585
      • .

  • Ðonne seó áheardung ðære lifre tó langsum wyrþ

    when the hardening of the liver lasts too long,

    • L. M. 2, 22
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 210, 4
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 268
      • ;
    • B.134
      • :
    • Homl. Skt. 4, 128
      • .

  • On ðam tíman wæs swíðe langsum líf on mancynne

    at that time life lasted long among men,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 460, 3.

  • Lufu langsumu

    lasting love,

    • Cd. 91
      • ;
    • Th. 114, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 1906
      • .

  • Langsum

    longanimis,

    • Ps. Spl. 102, 8.

  • Mid heora langsuman gebede

    sub obtentu prolixæ orationis,

    • Mk. Skt. 12, 40
      • :
    • Hpt. Gl. 500, 25
      • .

  • Ðam þeódscype tó langsuman rǽde

    to the lasting advantage of the nation,

    • L. I. P. 4
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 308, 5
      • :
    • Cd. 219
      • ;
    • Th. 280, 4
      • ;
    • Sat. 250
      • .

  • Gehǽlede fram heora langsumum bróce

    healed from their long sickness,

    • H. R. 105, 2
      • .

  • Him and his gebeddan tó langsumum gemynde

    as a lasting memorial for him and his consort,

    • Chart. Th. 605, 12
      • .

  • His sáwle tó gescyldnesse on langsuman sýðe

    as a protection to his soul on its long journey,

    • Chr. 959
      • ;
    • Er1. 121, 7
      • .

  • Ða þrý cyningas hæfdon langsume sprǽce wið ðone gedrehtan Job,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 456, 24
      • .

  • Langsume

    longanimem,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 52
      • .

  • Tó langsumum wýtum,

    • Homl. Skt. 4, 120
      • .

  • Him éce geceás langsumre líf

    he chose for himself a more enduring, an eternal life,

    • Apstls. Kmbl. 39
      • ;
    • Ap. 20
      • .

  • Ús selfum betst word and longsumast æt úrum ende gewyrcan

    to gain for ourselves the best and most enduring fame at our death,

    • Ors. 2, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 82, 2
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. O. H. Ger. langsam longus, diuturnus, prolixus
:
Ger. langsam slow.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “lang-sum.” 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/21165.

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