† alangeadj.
Obsolete (English regional (northern) in later use).
Tedious, dreary; strange; = elenge adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious
dreicha1300
alangec1330
joylessa1400
tedious1412
wearifulc1454
weary1465
laboriousa1475
tiresome?a1513
irksome1513
wearisome1530
woodena1566
irkful1570
flat1573
leaden1593
barren1600
soaked1600
unlively1608
dulla1616
irking1629
drearisome1633
drear1645
plumbous1651
fatigable1656
dreary1667
uncurious1685
unenlivened1692
blank1726
disinteresting1737
stupid1748
stagnant1749
trist?1756
vegetable1757
borish1766
uninteresting1769
unenlivening1774
oorie1787
wearying1796
subjectless1803
yawny1805
wearing1811
stuffy1813
sloomy1820
tediousome1823
arid1827
lacklustrous1834
boring1839
featureless1839
slow1840
sodden1853
ennuying1858
dusty1860
cabbagy1861
old1864
mouldy1876
yawnful1878
drab1880
dehydrated1884
interestless1886
jay1889
boresome1895
stodgy1895
stuffy1895
yawnsome1900
sludgy1901
draggy1922
blah1937
nowhere1940
drack1945
stupefactive1970
schleppy1978
wack1986
c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 4199 In time of winter alange it is.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Ellesmere) (1872) l. 1199 Pouerte is this, al-though it seme alenge [c1405 Hengwrt elenge, c1415 Lansd. alinge] Possession that no wight wol chalenge.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 9 A-lange, or straunge [1499 Pynson alyande], extraneus, exoticus.
a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 3356 Hir spiritis..Thoghten þat craft vnlusty and alenge.
?1518 R. Copland tr. P. Gringore Complaynte them that ben to late Maryed (new ed.) sig. A.iiiv Now am I out of this daunger so alenge.
1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) I. 8 Alang, tedious, weary, irksome.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
† alangev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To make tedious, dreary, or desolate. Cf. alange adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)] > overspread with gloom
overcastc1300
alangec1330
darkena1382
overcloudc1550
overshadow?1602
clouda1616
benighta1631
un-sunshine1659
gloom1745
sombre1787
c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 4202 Þe leues fallen of þe tre Rein alangeþ þe cuntre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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