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a-lýsan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
a-lýsan, to alýsanne; p. de; impert. -lýs, -lís; pp. ed; v. a;
Wright's OE grammar
§646;
To let loose, free, deliver, liberate, to pay for loosing, to pay, redeem, ransom; liberare, redimere
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  • Helias wylle hine alýsan

    Elias vult liberare eum,

    • Mt. Bos. 27, 49
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  • Fæsten alýsan

    jejunium solvere,

    • Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 13
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  • Ðú to alýsanne mannan

    tu ad liberandum hominem,

    • Te Dm. Lamb. 195b, 16
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  • God alýseþ sáwle míne of handa helle

    Deus redimet animam meam de manu inferi,

    • Ps. Spl. 48, 16
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  • Alýs us of yfele

    deliver us from evil,

    • Hy. 7, 113
    • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. p. 289, 113
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  • Alís me

    libera me,

    • Ps. Spl. 7, 1
    • :
    • Ps. Th. 53, 1: 58, 11
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  • Alýsaþ þearfan

    liberate egenum,

    • 81, 4
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  • He alýsde leóda bearn oflocan deófla

    he released the sons of men from the prison of devils,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 361
    • ;
    • El. 181
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  • Ða ðe ic na reáfode ðá ic alýsde

    quæ non rapui tunc exsolvebam,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 68, 6: 48, 7
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  • Ðú beó fram him alýsed

    liberatus sis ab illo.

    • Lk. Bos. 12, 58
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  • Ðá wæs of ðæm hróran helm and byrne alýsed

    then was helm and byrnie loosed from the active chief,

    • Beo. Th. 3264
    • ;
    • B. 1630
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  • We synt alýsde

    liberati sumus,

    • Ps. Th. 123, 7: 107, 5
    • .
  • Ðæt hí wǽron alýsede

    ut liberentur,

    • 59, 4
    • .
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v.  a-lésan aliésan a-lís.
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