The longing felt by those who are in love.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 24629. Þar lai i in mi luue langing.
a. 1310. in Wright, Lyric P., 61. A suete love-longynge myn herte thourh out stong.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Miller’s T., 493. To Alison now wol I tellen al My loue-longing.
1522. World & Child (Roxb.), A iij b. And in loue longynge my harte is sore sette.
1593. Drayton, Sheph. Garl., viii. (Roxb.), 117. This lad would neuer from her thought: she in loue-longing fell.
1882. Child, Ballads, I. 23/1. An elf-knight, by blowing his horn, inspires Lady Isabel with love-longing.
