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a-lǽtan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
a-lǽtan, a-létan; p. -lét, pl. -léton; pp. -lǽten; v. a. [a from, lǽtan to let]
Wright's OE grammar
§646;
To let go, lay down, leave, give up, lose, renounce, resign, remit, pardon, deliver; sinere, abjicere, deponere, relinquere, remittere, condonare, relaxare, liberare
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  • Ðæt ðú ne alǽte dóm gedreósan

    that thou wouldest not let thy greatness sink,

    • Beo. Th. 5323
      • ;
    • B. 2665
      • :
    • Cd. 205; Th. 253, 3
      • ;
    • Dan. 590
      • .

  • Ic hæbbe ánweald míne sáwle to alǽtanne

    I have power to lay down my life [soul ],

    • Jn. Bos. 10, 18
      • .

  • Ic ðæt alétan ne sceal

    I will not let that go,

    • Solil. 8
      • .

  • Ðú hine alǽtst

    thou lettest it go,

    • Bt. 25; Fox 88, 34
      • .

  • Swá sceal ǽghwylc mon lǽn-dagas alǽtan

    so must every man leave these loan- [lent or transitory] days,

    • Beo. Th. 5175
      • ;
    • B. 2591
      • .

  • Ðæt ic mǽge mín líf alǽtan

    that I may resign my life,

    • 5494
      • ;
    • B. 2750
      • :
    • Exon, 72b; Th. 271, 16
      • ;
    • Jul. 483
      • .

  • Úre leáhtras alǽt

    pardon our crimes,

    • Hy. 6, 20
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 20
      • :
    • Cd. 29; Th. 39, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 622
      • .

  • Hí wurdon alǽten líges ganga [MS. gange]

    they were delivered from the flame's course,

    • 187; Th. 232, 20
      • ;
    • Dan. 263
      • .

  • Hý heora líf aléton

    they lost their lives,

    • Ors. 3, 8: Bos. 63, 10
      • .

  • Ðá ðæt fýr hie alét

    when the fire left them,

    • 4, 7; Bos. 87, 19
      • .
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v.  æ-lǽten a-lét a-létan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “a-lǽtan.” 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/1413.

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