† aˈlese, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 alés-an (WS. al{yacu}san), 2–3 ales-en, s.w. alus-en (-y-).
[f. a- prefix 1 out, away + lés-an: see lese. Cf. Germ. er-lösen.]
To release, deliver.
| a 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. vi. 13 Ac alys us of yfele. c 1160 Hatton G. ibid., Ac ales us of yfele. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 87 He us alesde from deofles þewdome. c 1230 Ancr. R. 124 Uorte..alesen him ut of pine. c 1250 Moral Ode 136 Ne bidde ic no bet beo a-lused [c 1200 alesed] a domesdai of bende. a 1400 Leg. Rood (1871) 180 Þat bonde me alese of bondes, Of unkind dede. |