long

IPA(Pronunciation)

/lɒŋ/

Adjective

archaic not-comparable

(archaic) On account of, because of.

Japanese Meaning

（古語）～のために、～ゆえに

The villagers abandoned the fields long the blight.

村人たちはその作物の病気のために畑を放棄した。

Sense（1）

(archaic) On account of, because of.

I am of opinion, that in regarde of theſe debauches and lewde actions, fathers may, in ſome ſort, be blamed, and that it is onely long of them.