drawen alengthe

Middle English

Verb

drawen alengthe

  1. (idiomatic) To prolong (especially a life)
    • 13th c., Guido delle Colonne, Historia destructionis Troiae, Book II, ln. 7389-91
      As he þat drowe toward his endynge,
      And myȝt nat lenger drawe alengþe
      His woful lif, so weyk was of strengþe
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    • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde. Book II, 260-3.
      'And sithe th'ende is every tales strengthe,
      And this matere is so bihovely,
      What shoulde I peynte or drawen it on lengthe
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