endlong

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The hero goes "overthwart and endlong," just like the figures whom all readers know in Malory, and some in his originals.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George

And though ye cut them in never so many gobbets or parts, overthwart or endlong, evermore ye shall find in the midst the figure of the Holy Cross of our Lord Jesu. 

From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

Then he rode endlong the gates of that manor nigh half-an-hour.

From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

So Sir Percivale turned back, but Sir Launcelot rode on across and endlong in a wild forest, and held no path, but as wild adventure led him.

From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by Cutler, U. Waldo

Sir Lancelot rode overthwart and endlong in a wild forest, and held no path but as wild adventure led him.

From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by Stone, J. M. (Jean Mary)