lengan
protract ⬩ delay ⬩ extend ⬩ lengthen
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To make or to become long, protract, delay, extend, lengthen Lengeþ, Exon. 107 b: Th. 411, 6; Rä. 29, 8. Ðá lengde hit man swá lange it was so long delayed, Chr. 1052; Erl. 183, 10.
Linked entry: langian
eln-gemet
An ell-measure, the length of an ell, two feet? ⬩ cŭbĭtālis mensura, ulnae mensūra
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cŭbĭtālis mensura, ulnae mensūra Ðæt fær gewyrc fíftiges wíd, þrittiges heáh, þreó hund lang elngemeta make the vessel fifty wide, thirty high, three hundred long, of ell measures, Cd. 65; Th. 79, 10; Gen. 1309. and III
sícan
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Th. 6, 5. to sigh for, long for Ðæt wǽron ða tída ðe Rómáne nú ǽfter sícaþ en tempora . . . quibus recordatio suspirat, Ors. 2, 8 ; Swt. 92, 35
gamel
of great age ⬩ ancient, of a time long past
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II. of things Sweord, gomele láfe, B. 2563. ancient, of a time long past Gomele gefyrn ealra cyninga cyning sægdon tóweard, Cri. 135
hyhtan
To hope ⬩ trust ⬩ rejoice
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Ðám [ðe] longe his hyhtan hidercyme to those who had long hoped for his advent, Exon. 10 a; Th. 9, 29; Cri. 142. Sione bearn symble hihtan filii Sion exultant, Ps. Th. 149, 2.
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be-tweonum
Between ⬩ inter, in medio
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Between; inter, in medio Ne sí lang fæc be-tweonum ne sit longum spatium in medio, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 27
ge-wídmǽran
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to spread the fame of, celebrate Þæs hálinysse hlísa hine sylfne gewídmǽrode (-mǽrsode, v. l.) feorr and wíde cujus sanctitatis opinio sese ad notitiam hominum longe lateque tetenderat, Gr. D. 44, 2.
weallian
to wander ⬩ roam ⬩ to go as a pilgrim
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Kmbl. 44; Sal. 22. to go as a pilgrim Of earde weallige hé wíde and dǽdbóte dó ǽfre ða hwíle ðe hé libbe a patria longe peregrinetur, et poenitentiam usque agat, quamdiu vivet, L. M. I. 44; Th. ii. 276, 31.
un-gleáwlíce
Without understanding ⬩ without sagacity ⬩ unwisely ⬩ imprudently
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Gif hé ðære styringe ne wiðstent, ðonne gescient hé ða gódan weorc ðe hé oft ǽr on stillum móde ðurhteáh, and suá ungleáulíce for ðæm scyfe ðære styringe suíðe hrædlíce tówierpð ða gódan weorc ðe hé longe ǽr foreðonclíce timbrede qui, dum perturbationi
scort-wyrplíc
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On the sixteenth it will come to pass after a long time, Lchdm. .iii. 156, 2
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ge-gearcian
To prepare
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To prepare Ðá hét se cyngc scipa gegearcian and him æfter faran, ac hit wæs lang ǽr ðam þe ða scipa gegearcode wǽron then the king bade prepare ships and go after him, but it was long before the ships were ready, Th. Ap. 7, 16-7 : Homl.
feor
Far ⬩ distant ⬩ remote ⬩ longinquus ⬩ remōtus
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Hér is gefered ofer feorne weg æðelinga sum innan ceastre here a noble is come from a long way off into the city, Andr. Kmbl. 2348; An. 1175: 382; An. 191: 504; An. 252
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stole
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A stole, long outer garment Stole stola, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 43. Stol wuldres gigeride hine stola glorie induit eum, Rtl. 45, 29. Ðæt stol ǽriste stolam primam, Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 22.
lemian
To lame ⬩ cripple ⬩ enfeeble ⬩ strike
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Hine sorhwylmas lemedon [MS. lemede] tó lange the waves of care had crippled him too long, Beo. Th. 1814; B. 905
niht-lang
Night-long ⬩ a night in length
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Night-long, a night in length Nafa ðú nánes þearfan wedd mid ðé nihtlangne fyrst si pauper est proximus tuus, non pernoctabit apud te pignus, Deut. 24, 12 : Cd. Th. 191, 2; Exod. 208 : Andr. Kmbl. 1668; An. 836 : 2620; An. 1311 : Elen.
áþ-swaru
An oath-swearing ⬩ a solemn oath ⬩ an oath ⬩ juramentum
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Ðæt he lange gehét mid áþsware what he long had promised on oath, Cd. 170; Th. 213, 26; Exod. 558: Ps. Th. 88, 3. Áþsware pytt the well of the oath, Beersheba, Gen. 46, 1
nearuness
a strait ⬩ oppression ⬩ distress ⬩ distress ⬩ anxiety ⬩ tribulation ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief
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a strait Mid longre nearonesse be eástan Constantinopolim ligeþ juxta Constantinopolim longae mittuntur angustiae, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 21. oppression, distress (of body) Nearones breósta oppression of the chest, Lchdm. ii. 204, 27.
Linked entry: nirwett
and-langes
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Ond*-*longes, 52, 19. Ðanone on andlanges hrycges, vi. 168, 23. Olluncges, iii. 35, 3. adv. Fram ðǽre wíc tó ðǽre cortan, and swá andlanges tó Súðsexan, C. D. vi. 217, 7
E
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</b> Words containing the long or accented Anglo-Saxon é are very frequently represented by English terms of the same signification, with the sound of e in heel; as, Réc, méd, hél, cwén, gés, fét, téþ, hédan, fédan, métan to meet.
leód-scipe
A people ⬩ nation
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A people, nation, country occupied by a people Ðe ðes leódscype longe bieode whom this people have long worshipped, Exon. 68 b; Th. 255, 2; Jul. 208. Of ðam leódscipe ðe is Siria geháten from the country that is called Syria, Homl.