alysan

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uzlausijaną, equivalent to ā- +‎ lȳsan. Cognate with Old Saxon ālōsian, Old Dutch irlōsen, Old High German irlōsen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑːˈlyːzɑn/

Verb

ālȳsan

  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 ālȳsan (weak class 1)
infinitive ālȳsan tō ālȳsenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular ālȳse ālȳsde
2nd-person singular ālȳsest ālȳsdest
3rd-person singular ālȳseþ ālȳsde
plural ālȳsaþ ālȳsdon
subjunctive present past
singular ālȳse ālȳsde
plural ālȳsen ālȳsden
imperative
singular ālȳs
plural ālȳsaþ
participle present past
ālȳsende ālȳsed

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • ālȳsing f (“redemption”)
  • ālȳsednys f (“redemption, ransom”)
  • ālȳsend m (“redeemer, liberator”)
  • ālȳsendlīċ (“loosing”)
  • ālȳsnes f (“redemption”)
  • lēas (“loose, void, false”)

Further reading
  • ĀLĪSAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
  • ALȲSAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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