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á-lísan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
á-lísan, (-lýsan, q. v.
Wright's OE grammar
§646;
in Dict.).
to detach, remove
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  • Næs wlóh of hrægle álýsed ne loc of heáfde,

      An. 1474.
to redeem a fault
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  • Ðá synna hié mid hira ælmessan áliésað

    peccata eleemosynis redimunt,

      Past. 327, 14.

  • Ðæt hé heora senna álýsan mæge,

      Bl. H. 43, 14.
to release, rescue, redeem, free
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  • Ðú álést

    liberabis,

      Kent. Gl. 883.

  • Áliéset

    eximet,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 46.

  • Álýst

    evellet, i. eruet,

      144, 31.

  • Þá áliésde Eádweard hine mid. xl. pundum,

      Chr. 918; P. 98, 15.
  • IIIa. to release from something,
with a case
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  • Álýs mé feóndum,

      Ps. Th. 70, 3.

  • Leahtra álýsed,

      Dóm. 77.
with prep, (
æt, fram, of)
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  • Mildheortnyss álýst fram ðám écan deáðe,

      Hml. Th. ii. 102, 3.

  • Þæt hine God álýsde ǽgðer ge æt his mettrumnesse ge æt his feóndum,

      Ps. Th. 27, arg.
    God hine álýsde æt his feóndum . . . hé sceolde álýsed beón ǽgðer ge fram Iudéum ge of ðý deáðe, 29, arg. Se cyng eall Normandig æt him mid feó álísde, Chr. 1096; P. 232, 32.

  • Ðæt lond æt him álésan,

      Ors. l, 10; S. 44, 9.

  • Bióð álésede of liberabuntur, Kent. Gl. 355. IIIb. to make free in respect to a person or thing (wiþ, for) :-- Nú álýse ic mé sylfne wið God

    I will free myself in relation to God,

      Hml. S. 17, 75.

  • For leahtrum álés þíne gesceft,

      Hy. 8, 33.
  • [Goth. us-lausjan: O. Sax. á-lósian: O. H. Ger. ar-lósen.]
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v.  á-lýsan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-lísan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/38478.

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