What does for long mean?
For long means To fill with longing..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
To fill with longing..
Now certain shadows followed me. Forlonged memories move round From visions inside my head I see [...]
And then after, forlonged, forlonging, longing without end. I looked at his hands, his fingers long, elegant, the hands of a conductor.
Again, Oh read ouer D. John Bridges, for it is a worthy work, is: Printed oner sea, in Europe, within two forlongs of a Bouncing Priest, at the Cost and Charges of Martin Marprelate, Gent, 1589.
Besides, he divided all the road into miles, of near eight forlongs each, and set up pillars of stone to mark the divisions.
A parcel of land in 'Wodeforlonge' containing 1 acre lying in the upper forlong of that field between land of the prioress called 'Candalescroftes' sometime of Robert Adelm* and land sometime of William Barnevyle and extending lengthwise from land called the 'Menecroft' to land of said William towards Lyddynges water.
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For long means To fill with longing..
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Now certain shadows followed me. Forlonged memories move round From visions inside my head I see [...]
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