á-lǽtan
Wright's OE grammar
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of intentional movement
of deprivation, loss
of abandonment
of grant, delivery
of release
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Hé unwærlíce nyðer álét (
submittens
) on ꝥ wæter ꝥ fæt,- Gr. D. 114, 28.
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Hí hine on ánre wilian áléton ofer ðone weall,
- Hml. Th. i. 388, 9.
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Hwí wolde þín hláford þé álǽtan tó mé (
let thee come to me
),- Hml. S. 36, 65.
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Gé hit álǽtað (
you will lose it
), þonne gé lǽst wénað,- Wlfst. 46, 10.
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Hé þá handa álýse oþþe hig álǽte,
- Ll. Th. i. 404, 10.
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Wið ðan ðe se cing ðá on*-*spǽce áléte
provided the ting would abandon the charge,
- Cht. Th. 540, 22.
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Heofonan ríce wæs álǽten þisnm gebróðrum for heora nette, Hml. Th. i. 580, 22. IV a. fig. :-- Hé wolde hine tó lífe álǽtan (cf.
deliver to death
), ii.- 252, 8.
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Álǽten cempa
emeritus,
- Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 15.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-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/38431.
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