eldertongue

Old English · adjective

gelang

Normalised ġelang

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/jeˈlɑnɡ/
[jeˈlɑŋɡ]
Syllables
je · ˈlɑnɡ (2 syllables)
Modern English
alongdependentresultingdue torelatingbelonging

Meaning

  1. along of

    ond þonne ġeþenċan · hū wē þider cumen, ond wē þonne ēac tilien, · þæt wē tō mōten in þā ēċan · ēadiġnesse, þǣr is līf ġelong · in lufan dryhtnes, hyht in heofonum.

    Let’s wonder where we would have home, and then think how we would come thither, and then we would also strive so that we would be let in the everlasting bliss too where live is along in love of the Lord, the hope on heavens.

    Uton wē hyċġan · hwǣr sē hām āgen,
  2. relating to, belonging to

  3. dependent upon

  4. resulting from, due to

Declension

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *galang, equivalent to ġe- + lang. Cognate with Old Saxon gilang, Old High German gilang.

Descendants

along

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