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ge-lengan

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ge-lengan, to lengthen.
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to extend, increase the amount of
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  • Ne durre wé ðás bóc ná miccle swíðor gelengan,

      Hml. Th. ii. 520, 4.

  • Wé willað þysne cwyde gelencgan,

      Hml. S. 24, 81.

  • Æfter þaes gyltes gemete sceal beón gelencged (-lengen, v. l.) þǽre ámánsumunge gemet

    secundum modum culpe excommunicationis debet extendi mensura,

      R. Ben. 48, 15.
to prolong an action, state, condition, &c.
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  • Munecas þǽre tíde lof mid kyrriole gewurðiað; hwæt hig oft ꝥ lof gelengað,

      Angl. viii. 320, 7.

  • Hí gelencgdon ðá gebedu,

      Hml. S. 9, 22.

  • Þæt hé his gebed gelenge (his gebed beó gelend

    oratio pretendatur,

      R. Ben. I. 53, 12), R. Ben. 46, 2.

  • Ꝥ hé his líf gelengde,

      Hml. S. 3, 599.

  • Swylce hí magon heora líf gelengan,

      Hml. Th. i. 100, 21.

  • Gelenced

    proteletur (disputatio nequaquam ulterius ),

      An. Ox. 5355.

  • Elðeódignys mín gelængd is

    incolalus meus prolongatus est,

      Ps. L. 119, 5.

  • Gelengedre letanian

    prolongata letania,

      Angl. xiii. 405, 580.
to protract, perform slowly, draw out
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  • Se sealm sý gecweden bútan antefene, and hé sý on swége gelencged hwæthwára

    psalmus dicatur sine antiphona subtrahendo ( = protrahendo) modice,

      R. Ben. 37, 8.
to defer
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  • Hopa þe byð gelencged geswencð sáwle

    spes quae differtur affligit animam,

      Scint. 130, 9.

  • Remmingce wæs gelengced (

    debita vicissitudo, quasi quodam dilationis) obstaculo, tricabatur (i. tardebatur ),

      An. Ox. 5451.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-lengen extendere, protendere, protrahere.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-lengan.” 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/48622.

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