longen

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longen

1. Plural form of long

From Old English langian (“to long for; yearn for”), from Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to grow long; desire; yearn for”).

longen (third-person singular simple present longeth, present participle longende, simple past and past participle longed)

1. 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.

• English: long