Middle English Dictionary Entry
after-long adv. & prep.
Entry Info
| Forms | after-long adv. & prep. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
From end to end, lengthwise; alongside, along.
Associated quotations
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)724 : Þe Castel..casteþ þat liȝt so wyde After long [vr. Enlong on; F de lung] þe tour and be-syde.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)15b/a : The nombre of þe partiez of þe wombe & þe anathomye of it may noȝt wele be sene but if þe wombe, as it is seide aboue, bene opned afterlong [L secundum longum; *Ch.(2): after þe lengþe] & ouerthwert.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.139 : Orthward [BodAdd: Overward] & afterlong extende a lyne.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)12.61 : There let bowis multiplie, And afterlong [BodAdd: afterlonge] on euery side hem plie.
- (1448) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1356 : Fro the Est ende of the gardines afterlong the high way vnto the southwest corner.