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as a lineal measure,
originally 'the length of the drive of the plough before it is turned,' usually 40 rods,
the eighth of a mile
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  • Of ðone forda úp on ðá ríðe án furlang wið súðan ðá cyrican; andlang ríðe,

      C. D. vi. 1, 25.
  • Of ðǽre ealdan díc on Grinde*-*wylles lace án furlang,

      48, 11.
  • Ðus feor sceal beón þæs cinges grið fram his burhgeate þǽr hé is sittende on feówer healfe his, ꝥ is .III. míla and .III. furlang (

    quarentenis,

      Lat. vers.) . . ., Ll. Th. i. 224, 9.
translating Latin stadium
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  • Furlang

    stadium,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 9.
  • Wæs seó wícstów on lengo .xx.es furlonga long

    castra in longum stadia .xx.,

      Nar. 12, 16.
an area of land a furrow-long in width (v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., pp. 2-4)
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  • Án furlang hína herðlandes betweónan ðǽre strǽte and ðǽre mǽdwe,

      C. D. iii. 18, 28.
  • Oð ðæs furlanges úpende (cf. at ðas akeres úpende,

      434, 2), 418, 23.
  • On ðæs langan furlanges eástende, vi. 48, 9.
  • Forð bufon scortan hlince æt ðæs furlanges ende, v. 111, 6.
  • Ðweres ofer án furlang on gerihte on án ælrbed,

      153, 35.
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