Middle English Dictionary Entry
lō̆ngnes(se n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lō̆ngnes(se n. Also langnesse. |
| Etymology | OE langnes |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The dimension of length; (b) ?the long side of something; after ~, along the length; (c) length of time, diuturnity; ~ of soule, patience.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)276a/a : Camaleon is a beste liche to þe Cocadrille and is dyuerse..in þe longnesse [L amplitudine] of the tayle.
- a1400 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/1)p.52,54 : Þe chaloun of fowre ellen and o quarter of langnesse [vr. lengþe] shal habbe tweye ellen and an halfe to-fore þe tapener..þe chaloun of V ellen shal habbe in langnesse fowre ellen in þe werk to-fore þe chaloun makyere.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Eph.3.18 : Ȝee may comprehende..what be þe..longnesse and heynesse and þe depnesse.
b
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)93.50/2 : Þanne sceal man þisne wyrtrume ȝedriȝean & langnisse toceorfan on pisena ȝelicnysse.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)34a/b : Prouyng þe materie with intromissis..he opneþ & mundifieþ þam þat conteneþ humours after longnesse [*Ch.(2): þe lengþe; L longum].
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)22a/b : Som substaunce spumous or humerous which in longnez [L diuturnitate] of tyme is alterate in many maner of substancez.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)105/4 : Þet uerste word ous sseweþ þe langnesse of his eurebleuinge.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)593/30 : Longanimitas: longnesse of soule or durynge.