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Middle English
Preposition
endelong
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1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
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William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
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[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
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Looke what day that endelong Britayne / Ye remove alle the rokkes, stoon by stoon- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VI:So sir launcelot lete his hors drynke / and sythen he bete on the bacyn with the butte of his spere so hard with al his myȝt tyl the bottom felle oute / and longe he dyd soo but he sawe noo thynge Thenne he rode endlong the gates of that manoyre nyghe half an houre
So Sir Launcelot let his horse drink, and then he beat on the basin with the butt of his spear so hard with all his might till the bottom fell out, and long he did so, but he saw nothing. Then he rode endlong the gates of that manor nigh half-an-hour.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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