Obs. Also 1 lencg, 4 lenge. [OE. lęng = OS. leng:—OTeut. *laŋgiz, adverbial comparative of *laŋgo- LONG a.] Longer.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Gosp., Luke xvi. 2. Aʓyf þine scire, ne miht þu lencg tun-scire bewitan.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Exod. xix. 19. And þære byman sweʓ weox swa leng swa swiðor.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 11015. Hit heold hine bi þan ribben, þat ne mihte he na leng libben.

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13[?].  Sir Beues, 3808 (MS. A). Out of þe renge he com ride, & Beues nolde no leng [MS. O. lenger] abide.

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c. 1386.  Chaucer, Reeve’s Prol., 18. That ilke fruyt is euer leng the wers, Til it be roten in mullok or in stree.

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