aliesan

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

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.

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

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)

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 6:9-13

     Fæder ūre, þū þe eart in heofenum, sī þīn nama ġehālgod. Tōbecume þīn rīċe. Ġeweorþe þīn willa on eorþan, swā swā on heofenum. Ūrne dæġhwāmlīċan hlāf syle ūs tōdæġ. And forġȳf ūs ūre ġyltas, swā swā wē forġȳfaþ ūrum ġyltendum. And ne ġelǣde þū ūs on costnunge, ac alȳs ūs of yfle: sōþlīċe.

     Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on Earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

• onlīesan

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

• lēas (“loose, void, false”)

• Middle English: alesen

• 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.