eldertongue

Old English · noun

langung

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
Modern English
longinglengtheningprolongationdelay

Meaning

  1. longing, desire

  2. weariness, grief

    Ne biþ him tō hearpan hyġe, ne tō hringþege, ne tō wīfe wyn, ne tō worulde hyht, ne ymbe ōwiht elles, nefne ymb ȳða ġewealc, ac ā hafað longunge sē þe on lagu fundað.

    His mind is not for a harp, nor for a gift of ring, nor for a wife’s mirth, nor for world’s hope, nor about anything else, unless about the rolling of waves, but he always has a longing, the one who rushes onto the sea.

    10th century, The Seafarer:
  3. lengthening, prolongation, delay

Declension

Declension of langung
SingularPlural
Nominative langunglangungalangunge
Accusative langungelangungalangunge
Genitive langungelangunga
Dative langungelangungum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From langian + -ung.

Descendants

longing

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