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tó-lísan

  • verb [ weak ]
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tó-lísan, p. de
To unloose, undo, dissolve; solvere, dissolvere, exsolvere, resolvere.
to undo that which is bound,
release from a bond,
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  • Ðæt wíf tólýsde hire feax,

      Homl. Th. ii. 30, 16.
figurative,
to release from captivity, difficulty, etc.
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  • Drihten tólýseþ gecypsede

    Dominus solvit compeditos,

      Ps. Spl. 145, 6.

  • Hé wæs gehyhtende ðæt hé sóna ðæs ðe hine mon gefullade his líchoman tólýsed wǽre

    sperans gula mox baptizatus carne solutus esset,

      Bd. 5, 7; S. 620, 36.

  • Tólésed wǽran

    extricaba[n]tur,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 25.
to do away with tension, relax, relieve
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  • Hyt tólýseþ ða blǽdran and ða stánas forð gelǽdeþ,

      Lchdm. i. 270, 9.
to put an end to the connection between, to separate
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  • Tólýsan líc and sáwle. Andr. Kmbl. 301; An. 151.

  • Ðá tósceáden wearð líg tólýsed

    then was the flame scattered, separated,

      Exon. Th. 277, 23; Jul. 585.
to dissolve, put an end to, dissipate,
of concrete objects
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  • Ðysse wyrte leáf tólýsaþ gehwylce yfele springas and heardnyssa,

      Lchdm. i. 262, 9.

  • Scadu sweþredon tólýsed under lyfte,

      Exon. Th. 179, 17; Gú. 1263.
of abstract objects
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  • Ðære miltan sár hyt tólýseþ. Lchdm. i. 270, 11.

  • Tólýseþ leóna mægen Drihten

    molas leonum confringet Dominus,

      Ps. Th. 57, 5.
to dissolve, relax, destroy the force of, weaken
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  • Ymhídignyssa ofðriccaþ ðæt mód, and unlustas tólýsaþ. Homl. Th. ii. 92, 15.

  • Mid ðý ðe hié ðone drenc druncon, hraþe heora heorta wæs tólésed and heora mód onwended,

      Blickl. Homl. 229, 13, 18.

  • Seó sáwul on flǽsclícum lustum biþ tólýsed,

      Homl. Th. i. 408, 16.

  • Wǽrun míne ǽdra ealle tólýsde

    renes mei resoluti sunt,

      Ps. Th. 72, 17.
to desolate, destroy, v. tó-lísedness, -lísend, -lísendlíc
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  • Nú syndon hí gewordene tólýsde

    quomodo facti sunt in desolatione,

      Ps. Th. 72, 15.
to undo a bond,
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  • Ðá hét se apostol tólýsan ða rápas,

      Homl. Th. i. 464, 21.

  • Ðonne tóslupan ða bendas and tólýsede wǽron

    sunt vincula soluta,

      Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 13.
figurative
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  • Deáþes bend tóléseþ líffruma. Exon. Th. 64,

      25; Cri. 1043.
to discharge an obligation,
to pay
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  • Ic tólýsde ł ágeald

    exolvebam,

      Ps. Spl. 68, 6.
to break a connection
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  • Seó geþeódnes ðæs heáfdes tóbrocen and tólýsed wæs

    ut capitis junctura solveretur,

      Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 25.

  • Ða tólýsdan geþeódnesse

    dissolutam juncturam,

      S. 620, 13.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ze-lósen dissolvere, resolvere, dividere, dirumpere.]
Similar entries
v. un-tólísende.
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v.  tó-lésan tó-lýsan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-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/30751.

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