(a) Of space, distance: long, extensive, far-reaching; also fig. large, great; (b) of height or stature: tall, high; in epithets: ~ wille, leofwine ~; (c) longer than wide, elongated; ~ aristologie [see aristologie]; (d) far off, remote; (e) in phrases specifying a certain length; (f) in other phrases: a ~ mil, a mile or more; ~ wei (and space), for a long way; at the ~ wei, in the long run; haven ~ rop, to be free of restraint; ~ and brod (sid), brod and ~, large, spacious.

(a) Of periods of time: of great duration, long-lasting, long; (b) ~ age, considerable or mature age; of ~ age, of great age; also, long-lasting; ~ time, longevity; of ~ time, of long standing, long-lasting; of twelve houres ~, etc., twelve hours long, etc.; (c) ~ time (stounde, space, whil), a (bi, in, of) ~ time, a ~ whil (throu), throughout a long period of time, for a long time; (d) al (the, this, that) ~ dai, the (this) ~ dai, throughout the day, all day long; al (this) ~ night, al that ~ night, the ~ night over, of al the ~ night, throughout the night, all night long; a ~ houre, for a whole hour; al a ~ month, for a whole month; al (mani) ~ yeres, mani ~ yer (winter), for many years; mani on ~ dai, with ~ daies, for many a day, for a long time; bi ~ worldes, for ages; ~ time passed, long ago; also, after a long time; (e) impers. thinken ~, to seem long; hem thoughte al to ~, it seemed to them much too long; ~ hit thinketh us, it seems long to us, we grow impatient; thinke hit not to ~, may it not seem tedious; etc.; -- also with personal subject.

(a) Of points in time, of dates: distant, remote; ~ daies, remote deadlines for payment of debts [cp. dai 9. (a)]; ~ assise [see assise 10. (a)]; (b) ~ time, ~ time..afore, at a much earlier time, long before; ~ time agon, ~ time toforen this, long ago; of ~ time (agon, from a remote time, long since; (c) ~ nightes, late at night.

(a) Of a state, situation, process, etc.: long-lasting, protracted, persistent, extended; at ~ goinge, eventually; (b) occupying or requiring a long time; of spoken or written discourse: lengthy, elaborate; also, tedious; (c) everlasting, abiding, enduring; (d) of vowel or syllable quantity: long; of a line of verse: long; a ~, ā; e ~, ē; i ~, ī.

Slow, deliberate; dilatory; also, late, delayed.

In cpds. & combs.: (a) ~ appel, a banana; ~ berded, having a long beard; ~ bot, a longboat; ~ boue, a longbow; also, a representation of one; ~ chaier [see chaier 1. (a)]; ~ cut [see cut n. (2) 1. (c)]; ~ finger, the middle finger; ~ flie, ?a locust; ~ fri-dai (fri-night) [cp. OE Langa-frige-dæg & ME fri-dai, fri-night]; ~ goune, a long outer robe [see also goune (a)]; ~ gut, the spleen [see also gut 1a. (b)]; ~ her, the long-haired one, the hare; ~ hom [see hom 2. (c)]; ~ hous [see hous la. (b)]; ~ hose, long stockings or leggings; ~ knif, a long dagger [see also knif 1. (e)]; ~ lastinge, continuance, durability; also, perseverance; ~ lote, ?a long-handled shovel or ladle [cp. MDu. loete]; ~ man, the middle finger; ~ renninge, running long distances; ~ sester, ?a large measure of beer; ~ setel, q.v.; ~ slepere, one who sleeps long or late; ~ spret = bou sprete; ~ sword, a long-bladed sword; ~ worm, a kind of intestinal parasite; (b) ~ berded (hered), having a long beard (long hair); ~ ihered [see ihered ppl.]; ~ lived, long-lived; also, having lived long, aged; ~ nailed, having long nails or claws; ~ piked, of shoes: fashioned with long, tapered toes; ~ shapen, elongated; of the human head: oblong, dolichocephalic; of a woman's sides: slender; ~ sided, having long sides; ~ tailed, having a long tail; ~ tailed flie, ?a locust; ~ warped, dolichocephalic.

(a) In place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.15]; (b) in surnames.