longen
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔŋən
Noun
longen
- Plural form of long
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English langian (“to long for; yearn for”), from Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to grow long; desire; yearn for”).
Verb
longen (third-person singular simple present longeth, present participle longende, longynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle longed)
- to long, yearn
- late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 12-15.
- Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
- And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
- To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
- Then folk do long to go on pilgrimage,
- And palmers to go seeking out strange strands,
- To distant shrines well known in distant lands.
- late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 12-15.
Descendants
- English: long