Infinitive
Participles
| Present | longende; longynge |
| Past | longed |
Indicative
Past
| 1st sing. | longed |
| 3rd sing. | longed |
Imperative
Verbs conjugated like longen
sacren,
sownen,
skapen,
behoven,
devysen,
bicaren,
totorven,
preferren,
adweschen,
skleren,
grinten,
disporten,
amenusen,
glisteren,
glenten,
consecraten,
forslouthen,
umbeloken,
ransaken,
withslippen, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
From Old English langian (“to long for; yearn for”), from Proto-West Germanic *langōn, from Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to grow long; desire; yearn for”). See: Old English '
langian', Proto-Germanic '
*langōną'.
Sample Sentences
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late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 12-15.
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Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
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And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
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To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
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Then folk do long to go on pilgrimage,
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And palmers to go seeking out strange strands, (To distant shrines well known in distant lands.)
Cognates
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