Middle English Dictionary Entry
lō̆nging(e ger.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | lō̆nging(e ger.(1) Also longunge, lunging. |
| Etymology | OE langung |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A yearning desire, wish; (b) a sensual desire; esp. sexual desire; lond of ~, land of heart's desire; (c) an object of desire; (d) an expression of desire; (e) sorrow, sadness, distress, anxiety; (f) weariness, tedium.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200(?OE) Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)151 : Þe teares þe man wepeð for longenge to heuene ben cleped rein water.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)191/28 : Þe þridde bitternesse is: longunge [Nero: longinge toward heouene.
- c1300 Evang.(Dlw 22)211 : Ant þe prophetis alle hauide gret longinge Of god to se þe to-cuminge.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.1009 : Come..And se youre oghne liege men..That live in longinge and desir Til ye be come ayein to Tyr.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)7115 : Charyte ys þe longyng of loue.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28988 : Vr gode langing [Glb: ȝernig] For godd es tald als for praing.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)19.242 : Some he lered to lyue in longynge to ben hennes.
- a1425 Here begynnes a new (Roy 17.C.17)123 : Thai sate in grate longyng Of Ihesu to se summe tokynyng.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)312 : Longynge, hertyly desyry[n]ge: Desiderium, optacio.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)40/15 : Þis breed wiþ longynge of herte if we it desyre of oure Lord, he it wole vs ȝyue frely.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12483 : Sore longit þo lordis hor londys to se..Thus tho lordes in hor longyng laghton þe watur.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)1/13 : Manye reeders..myȝt þerbi in ful scharp hungir and þirst aftir her desirid ententis and endis be peyned in longyng.
b
- a1350 Wiþ longyng (Hrl 2253)1 : Wiþ longyng y am lad, on molde y waxe mad, a maide marreþ me.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)4520 : So michel he herd þo foules sing, Þat him þouȝt he was in gret longing.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)553 : Ȝif i told him..what liif for longyng of loue i lede for his sake, He wold wene i were wod.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)7503 : Ones he sagh a feyre womman..And foule longyng had hym so take Þat hys ermytage he hadde nygh forsake.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4280 : Oft sco [Potiphar's wife] meind til him hir mane..þan wex hir care, And langing had ai mare and mare.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.7 : Fortune me fette, And in-to þe londe of longynge allone she me brouȝte.
- a1425(c1300) NHom.(1) Abp.& N.(Ashm 42)p.80 : Now may thou me my trauaile ȝelde If thou will to my langynge helde.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)11/37 : Scere o-way al þe langing of yure fleis [L desideria carnis].
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)9154 : A fell arow..of loue..Made hym langwys in Loue & Longynges grete.
- a1450 I have a ȝong suster (Sln 2593)12 : Sche bad me loue my lemman with-oute longgyng.
c
- (a1333) Herebert Iesu (Add 46919)2 : Iesu our raunsoun, Loue and longynge.
- a1425 Swete Ihesu now (Add 37787)259 : Ihesu, myȝtful heuene kyng, Þi loue be al my lykyng, My murnyng, & my lungyng.
d
- ?a1300 Thrush & N.(Dgb 86)5 : For longing of þe niȝttegale, Þis foweles murie singeþ.
e
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)869 : Ne singe ih hom no foliot, For al me song is of longinge..Þat mon bi me hine biþenche Þat he groni for his unwrenche.
- a1300 A Mayde Cristes (Jes-O 29)201 : Hwenne þu sittest in longynge, drauh þe forþ þis ilke wryt.
- a1350 Suete ihu king (Hrl 2253)55 : Suete Iesu..þou bring me of þis longing ant come to þe at myn endyng.
- c1390 In a Pistel (Vrn)91 : Ende of Ioye Is her doloure; Strengþe stont vs in no stide But longyng & beoing in laboure.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10422 : Sco sperd hir dore and wepid sare, Weped and mornd night and dai, Hir lijf in langing lastand ai.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1003 : Abraham..Al in longing for Loth leyen in a wache.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1180 : A longeyng heuy me strok in swone, And rewfully þenne I con to reme.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)540 : Knyȝtez..& comlych ladies Al for luf of þat lede in longynge þay were.
- c1430 Chaucer TC (Cmb Gg.4.27)5.245 : Pale & grene Schal ben ȝour..fase ffor longyng [Mrg: langour] or ȝe turne vn-to þis plase.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10353 : Now, loke if þis lede soche longyng be worthe, As þou writis in þi wordes.
f
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)128/26 : Ne þer ne byð sar ne seoreȝæ ne nan longing ne unlustes ȝewin.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)98/27 : Amis word þet ȝe þolieð, a deies longunge [Tit: longinge], a secnesse of a stunde.