† lengeradj.adv.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
Longer.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring > longer or longest
lengerc900
lengestc1000
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > long > longer or longest
lengerc900
lengestc1000
uttermosta1586
farthest1633
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) i. i. 26 Þis ealond hafað mycele lengran dagas on sumera..þonne ða suðdælas mid~ dangeardes.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 490 He fel wiþouten lenger abade [Vesp. langer bade].
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 332 Of his array telle I no lenger tale.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 42 The parchemyn that he wrote in was shorte, and he plucked harde to have made it lengger with his tethe.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin vii. 110 The barouns hadde sente for hym that he sholde come with-oute lenger a-bidinge.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. HH We haue made this chapiter som what lengar than we entended.
1558 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 152 My saide iiij children or the lenger lyver of them.
1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc iv. ii. (Shaks. Soc.) 136 Our present hande coulde staie no lenger tyme.
B. adv.
a. Longer.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > [adverb] > for a long time > for a longer time
moeOE
lengc1000
lengerc1200
overmorea1450
farther1548
no mo'1855
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 139 Ðo ne mihte his holinesse ben no lengere for-hole.
c1290 Beket 219 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 113 Þis child wolde lengore gon to scole, ake is fader him nolde finde.
c1385 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 129 And euer the lenger she loued him tendirly.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 3948 Iacob..So shal þi name no lenger be [Vesp. Sal þou na langer hetten sua].
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5296 Þe scottys þare na lenger duell.
?1521 J. Fisher Serm. agayn Luther sig. Diiij This persecucyon lenger continued than ye other twayne.
1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. vii. f. xiiiv These folke do not longe to eate and drynke, to lyue the lenger, but longe to lyue to eate and drynke the lenger.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. G Why do ye lenger feed on loathed light?
b. Farther. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > to or by a greater distance > to or at a greater distance
furthermorec1175
overmorec1175
farc1200
fartherc1330
farthermorec1380
yondera1387
furtherc1400
lengerc1425
furtherlya1513
yondermair1513
yonderward1513
furtherfortha1542
still1602
c1425 Found. St. Bartholomew's 10 An hospitall howse a litill lenger of from the chirche by hymself.
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