aliesan

Old English

Alternative forms

• ālēsan — Anglian
• ālīsan, ālȳsan — Late West Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀlausijan, from Proto-Germanic *uzlausijaną. By surface analysis, ā- +‎ līesan. Cognate with Old Frisian urlēsa, Old Saxon ālōsian, Old Dutch irlōsen, Old High German irlōsen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈli͜yː.sɑn/, [ɑːˈli͜yː.zɑn]

Verb

ālīesan (West Saxon)

1. to detach, remove
2. to redeem a fault
3. (intransitive) to release, rescue, free

   from something (with a case, or, with æt, fram, or of)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ālīesan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ālīesan	ālīesenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ālīese	ālīesde
second person singular	ālīesest, ālīest	ālīesdest
third person singular	ālīeseþ, ālīest	ālīesde
plural	ālīesaþ	ālīesdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ālīese	ālīesde
plural	ālīesen	ālīesden
imperative
singular	ālīes
plural	ālīesaþ
participle	present	past
	ālīesende	ālīesed

Synonyms

• onlīesan

Derived terms

• ālīesing f (“redemption”)
• ālīesednes f (“redemption, ransom”)
• ālīesend m (“redeemer, liberator”)
• ālīesendlīċ (“loosing”)
• ālīesnes f (“redemption”)

Related terms

• lēas (“loose, void, false”)

Descendants

• Middle English: alesen

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĀLĪSAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ALȲSAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.