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in reference to time.
of a space of time,
long
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  • Seó eorþe byð mid þám winterlican cyle þurhgán, and byð langsum ǽr ðám ðe heó eft gebeðod sý,

      Lch. iii. 252, 7.

  • Langsumum fæce

    prolixa (i. longo) (temporum) intercapedine (i. spatio ),

      An. Ox. 3625.
of action that goes on long, or state or thing that lasts long
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  • Langsum

    diuturnum (trophaeum ),

      An. Ox. 800.

  • Langfére, langsum

    diuturna i. longeua (valetudo ),

    2072.

  • Mid langsumere gestra[n]gunge

    diuturna uegetatione

    , 1444.

  • Hé gebád langsumne hiht,

      Exod. 405: Gen. 1757: B. 1722.

  • Ðæt hió hiom líf mid ðé langsum begéton,

      Ps. C. 57. (2 a)
    where the time seems too long.
prolix, tedious, wearisome
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  • Lagu byð leódum langsum geþúht, gif hí sǽýða swíðe brégað,

      Rún. 21.

  • Nán mann on lífe on ðyssere langsuman worulde,

      Hex. 2, 11.

  • For langsumere

    prolixa (valetudine fatigatam ),

      An. Ox. 3997.
dilatory, tardy
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  • Hwæt sceall hit swá langsum, efne nú is se tíma,

      Hml. S. 22, 212.
of space relations,
lengthy, extended
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  • Langsum[um] wrǽda bíum

    prolixis fasciarum ambagibus

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      An. Ox. 3498.
of a person, patient, long-suffering; longanimis, Ps. Spl. 102, 8: Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 52 (
in Dict.).
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Bosworth, Joseph. “langsum.” 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/54306.

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