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▪ I. † leng, adv. Obs.
Also 1 lencg, 4 lenge.
[OE. lęng = OS. leng:—OTeut. *laŋgiz, adverbial comparative of *laŋgo- long a.]
Longer.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke xvi. 2 Aᵹyf þine scire, ne miht þu lencg tun-scire bewitan. c1000ælfric Exod. xix. 19 And þære byman sweᵹ weox swa leng swa swiðor. c1205Lay. 11015 Hit heold hine bi þan ribben, þat ne mihte he na leng libben. 13..Sir Beues 3808 (MS. A) Out of þe renge he com ride, & Beues nolde no leng [MS. O. lenger] abide. c1386Chaucer Reeve's Prol. 18 That ilke fruyt is euer leng the wers, Til it be roten in mullok or in stree.
▪ II. † leng, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 lengan, 3–4 lengen, 4 lengin, ling, 4 lengh, 4–5 lenge, 4–6 lenge, lynge, 6 ling.
[OE. lęngan wk. vb. = OS. *lengian (MLG., Du. lengen), OHG. lengian (MHG. lengen, mod.G. längen), ON. lengja:—OTeut. *laŋgjan, f. *laŋgo- long a. The normal mod. form, if the OE. word had survived, would be linge.]
1. trans. To lengthen, prolong; to delay.
a1000Cædmon's Daniel 646 Ne lengde þa leoda aldor witeᵹena wordcwyde, ac he wide bead metodes mihte. c1175Lamb. Hom. 13 Þenne beoð þine daȝes ilenged. a1275Prov. ælfred 391 in O.E. Misc. 127 Ne miȝt þu þi lif lengen none wile. a1300Cursor M. 12408 We sal it lengh [Gött. lenth, Fairf. lenght, Trin. lengþe] a quantite. a1340Hampole Psalter cxix. 5 Wa til me for my wonynge is lenghid [Vulg. prolongatus est]. 1340Ayenb. 198 Hi habbeþ ylengd þet lyf of þe poure be hare elmesse.
2. intr. To linger, tarry, remain, abide, dwell; to continue in some condition. Also const. inf.
Sometimes conjugated with the verb to be.
a1300Cursor M. 1890 On messager þat lengs lang to bring answare. Ibid. 12127 Þat wat i wel..hu lang þi life sal last, For to be lengand in þis werld. c1340Ibid. 14138 (Trin.) In his sekenes he lenged so þat he had no fote to go. c1350Will. Palerne 1457 Þe grete lordes of ȝour land beþ lenged now here. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. vii. 158 Ich haue no lust..to lenge a-mong monkes. a1400–50Alexander 461 Now hafe I..all to lange lengid fra hame. Ibid. 2162 If any life lenge in oure brestis. c1420Anturs of Arth. 415 (Douce MS.) If þou be curteys kniȝte, Late lenge [Thornton MS. Lyghte, and lende] al nyȝte, And tel me þi nome. c1440Ipomydon 1014 At this tyme I will not lynge. 1522World & Child (Roxb. Club) B j, With hym I loue to lynge. a1586in Maitland Poems (1786) 183 Mony gay gelding Befoir did in our mercat ling.
b. To lean or rely on. rare—1.
c1400Destr. Troy 11769 Who graidly may trist Any lede on to leng, as for lele true?
Hence † ˈlenging vbl. n., dwelling; † ˈlenging pres. pple. used as prep. = during.
c1400Dest. Troy 12329 All þat left were on lyue, lengand þat tyme. c1420Sir Amadace (Camden) lxix, Fere!..my lenging is no lengur her. |