langung

Old English

Etymology

From langian +‎ -ung.

Noun

langung f

1. longing, desire
2. weariness, grief
3. lengthening, prolongation, delay

Declension

Declension of langung (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	langung	langunga, langunge
accusative	langunge	langunga, langunge
genitive	langunge	langunga
dative	langunge	langungum

Derived terms

• langunghwīl

Descendants

• Middle English: longinge, langynge
  • English: longing
  • Scots: langing

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “langung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “langung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.