drawen alengthe

drawen alengthe

Middle English

Verb

drawen alengthe

1. (idiomatic) To prolong (especially a life)
   • 13th c., Guido delle Colonne, Historia destructionis Troiae, Book II, ln. 7389-91

     As he þat drowe toward his endynge,

     And myȝt nat lenger drawe alengþe

     His woful lif, so weyk was of strengþe

   • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde. Book II, 260-3.

     'And sithe th'ende is every tales strengthe,

     And this matere is so bihovely,

     What shoulde I peynte or drawen it on lengthe

See also

• alength