longen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔŋən

Noun

longen

1. plural of long

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

longen (third-person singular simple present longeth, present participle longende, longynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle longed)

1. 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.

Descendants

• English: long

References

• “lō̆ngen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English langian.

Verb

longen (third-person singular simple present longeth, present participle longende, longynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle longed)

1. to lengthen

Descendants

• English: long

References

• “lō̆ngen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.