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lísan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
lísan, lýsan; p. de
To loosen, release, redeem, deliver
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  • Mín sáwl ða ðú sylf lýsdest

    anima mea, quam redemisti,

    • Ps. Th. 70, 21
    • .
  • Se sylfa cyning mid síne líchoman lýsde of firenum,

    • Exon. 25 b
    • ;
    • Th. 74, 22
    • ;
    • Cri. 1210
    • .
  • Gif hé ða hand lésan [álýsan, MS. H; lýsan, MS. B.] wille ... gelde swá tó his were belimpe,

    • L. Alf. pol. 6
    • ;
    • Th. i. 66, 5
    • :
    • Byrht. Th.132, 57
    • ;
    • By. 37
    • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 592
    • ;
    • El. 296
    • :
    • Rood Kmbl. 82
    • ;
    • Kr. 41
    • .
Etymology
[
Goth. lausjan
:
O. Sax. lósian
:
O. Frs. lésa
:
Icel. leysa
:
O. H. Ger. lósen
:
Ger. lösen.
]
Similar entries
v. á-, ge-, on-, tó-lísan; untólísende.
Linked entries
v.  lésan lýsan.
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