longen
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
longen
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English langian (“to long for; yearn for”), from Proto-West Germanic *langōn, from Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to grow long; desire; yearn for”).
Verb edit
longen (third-person singular simple present longeth, present participle longende, longynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle longed)
- to long, yearn
- late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 12-15.
- Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;- Then folk do long to go on pilgrimage,
And palmers to go seeking out strange strands,
To distant shrines well known in distant lands.
- Then folk do long to go on pilgrimage,
- late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 12-15.
Descendants edit
- English: long
References edit
- “lō̆ngen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English langian.
Verb edit
longen (third-person singular simple present longeth, present participle longende, longynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle longed)
- to lengthen
Descendants edit
- English: long
References edit
- “lō̆ngen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.