lang

Meaning

1. long

   Iċ onġiete þæt iċ þē hæbbe āþrotenne mid þȳ langan spelle.

   I can see I've bored you with that long tangent.

   late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

2. tall

   Ġif hwelċ mann biþ on helle āne niht, þonne biþ him lēofre þæt hē hangiġe seofon þūsende wintra on þām lenġestan treowe ufeweardum.

   Anyone who spends one day in hell would rather hang for seven thousand years from the top of the tallest tree.

   c. 1000, unknown author, Vercelli Homily IX

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