† forlongv.1
Obsolete.
To be possessed with longing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > long or yearn [verb (intransitive)]
thirstc893
forlongc1175
longc1225
alonga1393
greena1400
suspirec1450
earnc1460
to think long?1461
sigh1549
groanc1560
hank1589
twitter1616
linger1630
hanker1642
to hang a nose1655
hangc1672
yammer1705
yen1919
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1280 Ȝiff þatt tu forrlangedd arrt. To cumenn upp till criste.
Derivatives
forˈlonging n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [noun]
ondeeOE
yearningeOE
longingOE
forlonginga1250
mourningc1300
yering13..
eye-seke?c1500
panting1580
greening1584
smackeringa1586
brame1590
languora1599
earning1603
lingering1608
yawning1635
tantalizing1640
slavering1642
longingness1651
tantalization1654
twittering1668
hankering1678
honing1725
lech1796
yearna1797
languishment1817
yearningness1839
hanker1881
tantalizingness1889
yen1906
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 123 Heorte sor uor worldliche þinge. dreori uorlonginge. & ȝiscunge of eihte.
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† forlongv.2
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To keep or continue longer; to prolong.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong
lengOE
drawOE
teec1200
forlengtha1300
lengtha1300
drivec1300
tarryc1320
proloynec1350
continuec1380
to draw alonga1382
longa1382
dretch1393
conservea1398
to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400
prorogue1419
prolongc1425
aroomc1440
prorogate?a1475
protend?a1475
dilate1489
forlong1496
relong1523
to draw out1542
sustentate1542
linger1543
defer1546
pertract1548
propagate1548
protract1548
linger1550
lengthen1555
train1556
detract?a1562
to make forth (long, longer)1565
stretch1568
extend1574
extenuate1583
dree1584
wire-draw1598
to spin out1603
trail1604
disabridge1605
produce1605
continuate1611
out-length1617
spin1629
to eke out1641
producta1670
prolongate1671
drawl1694
drag1697
perennate1698
string1867
perennialize1898
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) vii. xxii. 310/1 They haue leuer to gyue .xx. shellynges to forlonge the soules in payne all a yere.
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