forlong
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle English forlangen, equivalent to for- + long. Cognate with Middle High German verlangen.