"lang" meaning in Old English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sċort"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "andlang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dæġlang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ealdorlang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ēastlang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "efnlang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "furlang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ġelang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Langbeardas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lange"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langfǣre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langlīċe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langlīfe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langmōd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langnes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langsċeaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langsċip"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langstrang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langsum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langwyrpe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lencten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lenġu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "morgenlang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nihtlang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "norþlang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sumorlang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "westlang"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "long"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: long, longe, longue, lang, lange, langhe\nEnglish: long\nGeordie English: lang\nScots: lang\nYola: lhaung, long",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: long, longe, longue, lang, lange, langhe\nEnglish: long\nGeordie English: lang\nScots: lang\nYola: lhaung, long"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*lang"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *lang",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*langaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *langaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dlongʰos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "long"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian long",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "lang"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon lang",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "lang"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German lang",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "langr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse langr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (laggs)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "longus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin longus",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *lang, from Proto-Germanic *langaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos.\nCognate with Old Frisian long, Old Saxon lang, Old High German lang, Old Norse langr, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (laggs), and outside of Germanic, with Latin longus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lengra",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lenġest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lang",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lang",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lang",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lange",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lang",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lange",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lange",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lange",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lange",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lang",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lange",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lange",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lang",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lange",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lange",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lange",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "langum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lang",
        "2": "lengra",
        "3": "lenġest"
      },
      "expansion": "lang (comparative lengra, superlative lenġest)",
      "name": "ang-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lang"
      },
      "name": "ang-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I can see I've bored you with that long tangent.",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nIċ onġiete þæt iċ þē hæbbe āþrotenne mid þȳ langan spelle.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred miles wide.",
          "text": "preface to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, manuscript E\nBretene īeġland is eahta hund mīla lang and twā hund brād.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "At the end of November, the nights are sixteen hours long and the days are eight hours.",
          "text": "late 9th century, Old English Martyrology\nÞonne blōtmōnaþ ġeendaþ, þonne biþ sēo niht sixtīene tīda lang and sē dæġ eahta tīda.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The forest is 120 miles long or longer from east to west, and 30 miles wide.",
          "roman": "Sē wudu is ēastlang and westlang hundtwelftiġes mīla lang oþþe lengra and þrītiġes mīla brād.",
          "text": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 893",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "To the right of the entrance, there is a stone bed that is seven feet long and three hands higher than the floor of the house.",
          "text": "late 9th century, Old English Martyrology\nOn þā swīðran healfe þām ingange is stǣnen bedd seofon fōta lang and þrim mundum hīere þonne þæs hūses flōr.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Since I have some long stories to tell, I don't think I can finish them in this book, so I'll have to start another one.",
          "text": "late 9th century, anonymous translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nNe wēne iċ, nū iċ lang spell hæbbe tō seċġenne, þæt iċ hīe on þisse bēċ ġeendian mæġe, ac iċ ōðre onġinnan sċeal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Then he ate and drank and went back to sleep, but the angel woke him up a second time and said, \"Come on, get up and eat. You have a very long journey ahead of you.\"",
          "text": "c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints\nHē ǣt þā and dranc and eft wearþ on slǣpe, ac sē enġel hine āwreahte ōðre sīðe and cwæþ, \"Ārīs hraðe and et. Þū hæfst swīðe langne weġ.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Then King Alfred had longships built to oppose the askar [small, light Viking ships used for raids]. They were almost twice as long as the others. Some had 60 oars, some more. They were both swifter and steadier as well as higher than the others, and they were not based on Frisian design or Danish, but on what he himself thought would be the most useful.",
          "roman": "Þā hēt Ælfrēd cyning timbran langsċipu onġēan þā æscas. Þā wǣron fulnēah twā swā lang swā þā ōðru. Sumu hæfdon sixtiġ āra, sumu mā. Þā wǣron ǣġðer ġe swiftran ġe unwealtran ġe ēac hīeran þonne þā ōðru; nǣron nāwðer ne on Frīsisċ ġesċeapen ne on Denisċ, ac swā him selfum þūhte þæt hīe nytwierðest bēon meahten.",
          "text": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 897",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "One noun is like these in ending but not in meaning: hic senior (\"this old person or elder\"). The others are almost all masculine (hic doctor \"this teacher,\" hic salinator \"this salter\"), including all the abstract nouns (hic furor \"this fury,\" horror \"horror,\" labor \"labor,\" sudor \"sweat,\" pallor \"paleless,\" pudor \"shame,\" decor \"beauty,\" calor \"heat,\" fervor \"boiling heat,\" rubor \"redness or shame,\" algor \"coldness\"), and all of these and others like them have a long o in inflected cases.",
          "text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nĀn nama is þissum ġelīċe on ġeendunge and nā on andġiete: hic senior (\"þēs ealda mann oþþe ealdor\"). Þā ōðre sind ealle mǣst werlīċes cynnes (hic doctor \"þēs lārēow,\" hic salīnātor \"þēs sealtere\"), and ealle unlīchamlīċe (hic furor \"þēos hātheortnes,\" horror \"ōga,\" labor \"ġeswinc,\" sūdor \"swāt,\" pallor \"blācung,\" pudor \"sċamu,\" decor \"wlite,\" calor \"hǣtu,\" fervor \"wielm,\" rubor \"rēadnes oþþe sċamu,\" algor \"ċiele\"), and ealle þās and ōðre þyslīċe habbaþ langne ō on ġebīeġedum fiellum.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "long"
      ],
      "id": "en-lang-ang-adj-~GbwIcZ9",
      "links": [
        [
          "long",
          "long"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northumbrian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "english": "Anyone who spends one day in hell would rather hang for seven thousand years from the top of the tallest tree.",
          "text": "c. 1000, unknown author, Vercelli Homily IX\nĠif hwelċ mann biþ on helle āne niht, þonne biþ him lēofre þæt hē hangiġe seofon þūsende wintra on þām lenġestan treowe ufeweardum.",
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        {
          "english": "The virtues of the body are that a person is beautiful, strong, tall, and broad, and many other virtues besides these.",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nÞæt is nū þæs līchaman gōd þæt man sīe fæġer, and strang, and lang, and brād, and manegu ōðru gōd ēac þām.",
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          "english": "Then he (Trajan) spotted two boys in the crowd and noticed they were beautiful in appearance and tall in stature.",
          "text": "c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints\nÞā ġeseah hē onġemang ōðrum twēġen ġeonge cneohtas, þæt hīe wǣron wlitiġe on hīewe and lange on wæstmum.",
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "english": "I can see I've bored you with that long tangent.",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nIċ onġiete þæt iċ þē hæbbe āþrotenne mid þȳ langan spelle.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "The island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred miles wide.",
          "text": "preface to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, manuscript E\nBretene īeġland is eahta hund mīla lang and twā hund brād.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "At the end of November, the nights are sixteen hours long and the days are eight hours.",
          "text": "late 9th century, Old English Martyrology\nÞonne blōtmōnaþ ġeendaþ, þonne biþ sēo niht sixtīene tīda lang and sē dæġ eahta tīda.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The forest is 120 miles long or longer from east to west, and 30 miles wide.",
          "roman": "Sē wudu is ēastlang and westlang hundtwelftiġes mīla lang oþþe lengra and þrītiġes mīla brād.",
          "text": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 893",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "To the right of the entrance, there is a stone bed that is seven feet long and three hands higher than the floor of the house.",
          "text": "late 9th century, Old English Martyrology\nOn þā swīðran healfe þām ingange is stǣnen bedd seofon fōta lang and þrim mundum hīere þonne þæs hūses flōr.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "english": "Since I have some long stories to tell, I don't think I can finish them in this book, so I'll have to start another one.",
          "text": "late 9th century, anonymous translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nNe wēne iċ, nū iċ lang spell hæbbe tō seċġenne, þæt iċ hīe on þisse bēċ ġeendian mæġe, ac iċ ōðre onġinnan sċeal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Then he ate and drank and went back to sleep, but the angel woke him up a second time and said, \"Come on, get up and eat. You have a very long journey ahead of you.\"",
          "text": "c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints\nHē ǣt þā and dranc and eft wearþ on slǣpe, ac sē enġel hine āwreahte ōðre sīðe and cwæþ, \"Ārīs hraðe and et. Þū hæfst swīðe langne weġ.\"",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Then King Alfred had longships built to oppose the askar [small, light Viking ships used for raids]. They were almost twice as long as the others. Some had 60 oars, some more. They were both swifter and steadier as well as higher than the others, and they were not based on Frisian design or Danish, but on what he himself thought would be the most useful.",
          "roman": "Þā hēt Ælfrēd cyning timbran langsċipu onġēan þā æscas. Þā wǣron fulnēah twā swā lang swā þā ōðru. Sumu hæfdon sixtiġ āra, sumu mā. Þā wǣron ǣġðer ġe swiftran ġe unwealtran ġe ēac hīeran þonne þā ōðru; nǣron nāwðer ne on Frīsisċ ġesċeapen ne on Denisċ, ac swā him selfum þūhte þæt hīe nytwierðest bēon meahten.",
          "text": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 897",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "One noun is like these in ending but not in meaning: hic senior (\"this old person or elder\"). The others are almost all masculine (hic doctor \"this teacher,\" hic salinator \"this salter\"), including all the abstract nouns (hic furor \"this fury,\" horror \"horror,\" labor \"labor,\" sudor \"sweat,\" pallor \"paleless,\" pudor \"shame,\" decor \"beauty,\" calor \"heat,\" fervor \"boiling heat,\" rubor \"redness or shame,\" algor \"coldness\"), and all of these and others like them have a long o in inflected cases.",
          "text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nĀn nama is þissum ġelīċe on ġeendunge and nā on andġiete: hic senior (\"þēs ealda mann oþþe ealdor\"). Þā ōðre sind ealle mǣst werlīċes cynnes (hic doctor \"þēs lārēow,\" hic salīnātor \"þēs sealtere\"), and ealle unlīchamlīċe (hic furor \"þēos hātheortnes,\" horror \"ōga,\" labor \"ġeswinc,\" sūdor \"swāt,\" pallor \"blācung,\" pudor \"sċamu,\" decor \"wlite,\" calor \"hǣtu,\" fervor \"wielm,\" rubor \"rēadnes oþþe sċamu,\" algor \"ċiele\"), and ealle þās and ōðre þyslīċe habbaþ langne ō on ġebīeġedum fiellum.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "long"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "long",
          "long"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Anyone who spends one day in hell would rather hang for seven thousand years from the top of the tallest tree.",
          "text": "c. 1000, unknown author, Vercelli Homily IX\nĠif hwelċ mann biþ on helle āne niht, þonne biþ him lēofre þæt hē hangiġe seofon þūsende wintra on þām lenġestan treowe ufeweardum.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "The virtues of the body are that a person is beautiful, strong, tall, and broad, and many other virtues besides these.",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nÞæt is nū þæs līchaman gōd þæt man sīe fæġer, and strang, and lang, and brād, and manegu ōðru gōd ēac þām.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Then he (Trajan) spotted two boys in the crowd and noticed they were beautiful in appearance and tall in stature.",
          "text": "c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints\nÞā ġeseah hē onġemang ōðrum twēġen ġeonge cneohtas, þæt hīe wǣron wlitiġe on hīewe and lange on wæstmum.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tall"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tall",
          "tall"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑnɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lɑŋɡ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "long"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lang"
}