alength

Middle English

Alternative forms

• alengthe, alenght, olenght, o leynþe, o lengthe, on length, on lengthe

Etymology

From a- +‎ lengthe.

Adverb

alength (not comparable)

1. At full length; lengthwise
   • 13th c., Guido delle Colonne, Historia destructionis Troiae, Page 154

     Þen gone forthe the grekes, graithet engynes,
     Batold hom all abrode vmbe the bare walles;
     Layn ladders alenght & oloft wonnen.

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   • 14th c., John Lydgate, Troy Book: Book 3, 5115-6

     For lost she had bothe myght and strengthe,
     And plat she fil to the grounde alengthe

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   • 1550, Thomas Nicolls (Translator), Thucydides, The hystory writtone by Thucidides the Athenyan of the warre, whiche was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans, Book 4, pg. Cxviii

     [They] fa∣stened yt wyth yrone at bothe endes. And also alengthe [...] and to one of the endes they fastened wyth chaynes of yronne a greate cawdrone of brasse

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2. For the whole length of
   • c. September 1306, Unknown composer, Song on the Execution of Sir Simon Fraser, (as given in 1885, Thomas Wright, The Political Songs of England: From the Reign of John to that of Edward II, pg. 65) 46-8

     Ne be he ner so stout,
     ȝet he bith y-soht out
     o brede and o leynthe.

     Be he never so stout
     Yet he is sought out
     Wide and far

3. Far-off
   • 1884, Richard Rolle, Rev. H. R. Baramley (Editor), The Paslter or Psalms of David and Certain Canticles With a Translation and Exposition in English, pg. 140, 12.

     And thai that ware biside me stode olenght: and fors thai made that sought my sale

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See also

• drauen alengthe