alonger (1113-19)

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alonger (1113-19)

  FEW:  longus 5,411b Gdf:  alongier 1,234a GdfC:  alongier 8,86b TL: aloignier 1,312 DEAF:  lonc (alongier)  DMF:  allonger  TLF:  allonger  OED: MED: DMLBS:
aloigner,  aloignier,  aloiner;  alonjer;  aloyner;  alugner,  aluigner,  aluiner,  alunger  

Derivatives of the adjectives lung (‘long’, from Latin longus) and luin (‘far’, from Latin longe – with the adverbial form producing a diphthongization of the root vowel) are separated on etymological and semantic grounds. However, the overlap of spelling variants (with or wihtout the diphthonization) between the two groups suggests no firm distinction between them.

v.a.

1to lengthen, prolong
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Ezechias lores viveit, [...] Cui Deus quinze anz vie aluina Pur ço qu'amerement plura  2113
( 1150-70; MS: s.xiii )  Que valt que l’um alonje cunte?  1202
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  E grace dune obediance, E obedience alunge vie  2750
( 1260 )  ne n’i ot nul qui mendement [...] aust de li de terme aloigner  198
time(of day) to lengthen
( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  ly solayl se estut tot en pees e fust aloyné icel jour en l’espace de troys joures  1266
2to extend, stretch out
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  De l’escu se clot, lance alugne  3639

v.n.

1timeastron.to become longer
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Li jurn vunt aluignant E les nuiz acurzant  379

v.refl.

1astron.timeto become longer
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Quant il (=the sun) vait de lung, Ne sunt naient li jur lung. Mais quant vait traversant, Dunc se vunt aluignant  388
( MS: s.xiv1/4 )  En ceo temps (=winter) se alonge la neut  353
alonge  alongance  eslonger#1  lung  ralonger 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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