† evenlongadj.prep.adv.

Forms: Old English efelang (perhaps transmission error), Old English efenlang, Old English emlang, Old English emnlange (as preposition), Middle English efferlong (probably transmission error), Middle English euenelonge, Middle English euenlong, Middle English ewnlang, 1600s euenlong, 1600s evenlong.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: even adv., long adj.¹; -long suffix.

Etymology: Originally < even adv. + long adj.¹; compare Middle Dutch evenlanc , Old High German ebanlang (Middle High German ebenlanc ), Old Icelandic jafnlangr , all in sense ‘equally long’. In later use (in Middle English) as preposition and adverb also < even adv. + -long suffix; compare evenlongs prep.In Old English (in the sole attestation in quot. OE at sense B.) the preposition is construed with the dative. The form in quot. OE at sense B. (with final -e probably indicating original plural agreement) suggests conversion from the adjective. In later use usually written as two words. Apparently re-formed in the 17th cent.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

Equally long, of the same length.In quot. OE² in efenlang and efenbrad: as long as broad.

ΚΠ

eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. xxxvi. 242 Hu se milte bið emlang & gædertenge þære wambe.

OE Riddle 44 7 Se esne..wile þæt cuþe hol mid his hangellan heafde gretan þæt he efelang [perhaps read efenlang] ær oft gefylde.

OE Homily: De Sancto Iohanne (Corpus Cambr. 198) in Englische Studien (1885) 8 477 Paradisus is eall efenlang and efenbrad.

1611 R. Peake tr. S. Serlio 1st Bk. Archit. i. f. 1^v A corner or point called Piramidal..is, when two euen long straight lines meet or ioyne together at the vpper end.

1680 A. B. Synopsis Vocal Musick v. 8 The Common Time is whose parts, depression and elevation are equal, or even long.

B. prep.

Along the length of; along.

ΚΠ

OE Acct. Voy. Ohthere & Wulfstan in tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 15 Þæt is þeah on sumum stowum swyðe cludig, & licgað wilde moras wið eastan & wið uppon, emnlange þæm bynum lande.

a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 35 His suete bodi he stresten þe rode effer-long.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2007 (MED) Beryn..cast a-bout his eye, Vp & down, euen long the strete.

a1500 ( Bounds (Sawyer 1546b) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1893) III. 669 And þan ewn lang [OE andlang] Exe anonto fogan flodys.

C. adv.

Straight along, in a line; lengthwise.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [adverb] > straight or due > straight or in a straight line

straightly1395

line-rightc1400

evenlonga1475

fair1490

straight1535

lineally1536

point-blank1607

straightwards1644

straightish1683

rectilinearly1729

straightways1772

linearly1881

the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adverb] > in oval shape

evenlonga1475

oval-wise1612

a1475 N. Bollard Bk. Planting & Grafting (Brogyntyn) f. 30 One the upper syde make holys euene longe as many as y^u wylt.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	evenlong
释义	† evenlongadj.prep.adv. Forms: Old English efelang (perhaps transmission error), Old English efenlang, Old English emlang, Old English emnlange (as preposition), Middle English efferlong (probably transmission error), Middle English euenelonge, Middle English euenlong, Middle English ewnlang, 1600s euenlong, 1600s evenlong. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: even adv., long adj.¹; -long suffix. Etymology: Originally < even adv. + long adj.¹; compare Middle Dutch evenlanc , Old High German ebanlang (Middle High German ebenlanc ), Old Icelandic jafnlangr , all in sense ‘equally long’. In later use (in Middle English) as preposition and adverb also < even adv. + -long suffix; compare evenlongs prep.In Old English (in the sole attestation in quot. OE at sense B.) the preposition is construed with the dative. The form in quot. OE at sense B. (with final -e probably indicating original plural agreement) suggests conversion from the adjective. In later use usually written as two words. Apparently re-formed in the 17th cent. Obsolete. A. adj. Equally long, of the same length.In quot. OE² in efenlang and efenbrad: as long as broad. ΚΠ eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. xxxvi. 242 Hu se milte bið emlang & gædertenge þære wambe. OE Riddle 44 7 Se esne..wile þæt cuþe hol mid his hangellan heafde gretan þæt he efelang [perhaps read efenlang] ær oft gefylde. OE Homily: De Sancto Iohanne (Corpus Cambr. 198) in Englische Studien (1885) 8 477 Paradisus is eall efenlang and efenbrad. 1611 R. Peake tr. S. Serlio 1st Bk. Archit. i. f. 1^v A corner or point called Piramidal..is, when two euen long straight lines meet or ioyne together at the vpper end. 1680 A. B. Synopsis Vocal Musick v. 8 The Common Time is whose parts, depression and elevation are equal, or even long. B. prep. Along the length of; along. ΚΠ OE Acct. Voy. Ohthere & Wulfstan in tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 15 Þæt is þeah on sumum stowum swyðe cludig, & licgað wilde moras wið eastan & wið uppon, emnlange þæm bynum lande. a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 35 His suete bodi he stresten þe rode effer-long. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2007 (MED) Beryn..cast a-bout his eye, Vp & down, euen long the strete. a1500 ( Bounds (Sawyer 1546b) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1893) III. 669 And þan ewn lang [OE andlang] Exe anonto fogan flodys. C. adv. Straight along, in a line; lengthwise. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > straight or due > straight or in a straight line straightly1395 line-rightc1400 evenlonga1475 fair1490 straight1535 lineally1536 point-blank1607 straightwards1644 straightish1683 rectilinearly1729 straightways1772 linearly1881 the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adverb] > in oval shape evenlonga1475 oval-wise1612 a1475 N. Bollard Bk. Planting & Grafting (Brogyntyn) f. 30 One the upper syde make holys euene longe as many as y^u wylt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.prep.adv.eOE
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