alonge1 (c.1185)
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alonge1 (c.1185)

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  FEW:  longus 5,412b Gdf:  alonge 1,233c GdfC:  alonge 8,86a TL: ∅ DEAF:  lonc (alonge)  DMF:  allonge  TLF:  allonge  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
aloigne;  aluinne  

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.

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1prolongation, extension: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Ne lessez pas […] Ke vus n’abreggez mun jur; N’i metez unkes lunge essoigne Kar jo nen ai cure de aloigne (var. (D: s.xivm) de sa loigne) (l. s’aloigne?)  5252
( MS: c.1200 )  Enpris ai cest ovre a faire A asumer et a chef traire, Par raisun, brefment, senz aluinne […]  (V) 23
alongance  alonger  lung 
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