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Old English · verb

aliesan

Normalised ālīesan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ɑːˈli͜yː.sɑn/
[ɑːˈli͜yː.zɑn]
Syllables
ɑː · ˈli͜yː · sɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
detachremoveexpiateloosenrelaxrenderblot outdischarge

Meaning

  1. to detach, remove

  2. to redeem a fault

  3. to release, rescue, free

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

  4. to expiate, blot out

  5. to discharge, pay

  6. to separate, destroy

  7. to loosen, relax, enfeeble

  8. to return, render

Conjugation

Conjugation of aliesan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ālīeseālīesde
2nd singular ālīesestālīestālīesdest
3rd singular ālīeseþālīestālīesde
Plural ālīesaþālīesdon
Subjunctive
Singular ālīeseālīesde
Plural ālīesenālīesden
Non-finite forms of aliesan
Form
Infinitive ālīesan
Inflected infinitive ālīesenne
Imperative singular ālīes
Imperative plural ālīesaþ
Present participle ālīesende
Past participle ālīesed

All forms (15)

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.

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