langian

Meaning

1. to get longer

   Þonne sē dæġ langaþ, þonne gǣþ sēo sunne norðweard oþ þæt hēo becymþ tō þām tācne þe is ġehāten cancer. As the days grow longer (lit. "the day grows longer"), the sun moves northwards until it reaches the sign that is called Cancer (ōðre naman on þis ġeþēode crabba, ac þæs swīgaþ hēr Ælfrīċ).

   c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year

2. (with accusative subject) to long or grieve

   Þā ongann hine eft langian on his cyþþe.

   Then he began to long for his homeland again.

   Blickling Homilies, "Holy Thursday"

3. to summon, call

Conjugation