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as a lineal measure,
originally 'the length of the drive of the plough before it is turned,' usually 40 rods, the eighth of a mile
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  • Of ðone forda úp on ðá ríðe án furlang wið súðan ðá cyrican; andlang ríðe,

    • C. D. vi. 1, 25.

  • Of ðǽre ealdan díc on Grinde*-*wylles lace án furlang,

    • 48, 11.

  • Ðus feor sceal beón þæs cinges grið fram his burhgeate þǽr hé is sittende on feówer healfe his, ꝥ is .III. míla and .III. furlang (quarentenis, Lat. vers.) . . .,

    • Ll. Th. i. 224, 9.
translating Latin stadium
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  • Furlang

    stadium,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 9.

  • Wæs seó wícstów on lengo .xx.es furlonga long

    castra in longum stadia .xx.,

    • Nar. 12, 16.
an area of land a furrow-long in width
  • (v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., pp. 2-4)
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  • Án furlang hína herðlandes betweónan ðǽre strǽte and ðǽre mǽdwe,

    • C. D. iii. 18, 28.

  • Oð ðæs furlanges úpende (cf. at ðas akeres úpende, 434, 2),

    • 418, 23.

  • On ðæs langan furlanges eástende,

    • vi. 48, 9.

  • Forð bufon scortan hlince æt ðæs furlanges ende,

    • v. 111, 6.

  • Ðweres ofer án furlang on gerihte on án ælrbed,

    • 153, 35.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “fur-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/46662.

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