Langsum

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Langsum

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 langsum

Add: I. in reference to time. (1) of a space of time, long :-- Seó eorþe byð mid þám winterlican cyle þurhgán, and byð langsum ǽr ðám ðe heó eft gebeðod sý, Lch. iii. 252, 7. Langsumum fæce prolixa (i. longo) (temporum) intercapedine (i. spatio), An. Ox. 3625. (2) of action that goes on long, or state or thing that lasts long: -- Langsum diuturnum (trophaeum), An. Ox. 800. Langfére, langsum diuturna i. longeua (valetudo), 2072. Mid langsumere gestra[n]gunge diuturna uegetatione, 1444. Hé gebád langsumne hiht, Exod. 405: Gen. 1757: B. 1722. Ðæt hió hiom líf mid ðé langsum begéton, Ps. C. 57. (2 a) where the time seems too long. (α) prolix, tedious, wearisome :-- Lagu byð leódum langsum geþúht, gif hí sǽýða swíðe brégað, Rún. 21. Nán mann on lífe on ðyssere langsuman worulde, Hex. 2, 11. For langsumere prolixa (valetudine fatigatam), An. Ox. 3997. (β) dilatory, tardy :-- Hwæt sceall hit swá langsum, efne nú is se tíma, Hml. S. 22, 212. II. of space relations, lengthy, extended :-- Langsum[um] wrǽda bíum prolixis fasciarum ambagibus, An. Ox. 3498. III. of a person, patient, long-suffering; longanimis, Ps. Spl. 102, 8: Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 52 (in Dict.). langsum,lang-sum

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