单词 | alese |
释义 | † alesev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To deliver or release (a person) from captivity, punishment, etc. Also: to relieve (a person) from illness, to cure. Cf. leese v.2 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb] aleseOE OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) iii. 80 Petrus..geearnode þone engel geseon, se hine of þam carcernne alysde. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxix. 424 Decius..het ða alysan þone diacon of þære hengene. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxix. 258 On ðisum wræcfullum life..we sceolon ða hungrian fedan, nacode scrydan, cuman underfon, hæftlingas ut alysan. c1175 ( Homily: Hist. Holy Rood-tree (Bodl. 343) (1894) 2 Þa he [sc. Moses] ferde of egyptum..mid þam israelitiscan folce þa ðe he hit alysde of pharaones hæfdnæde. ?a1200 ( tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Harl. 6258B) xcviii. 145 Wið feorþan dæȝe fefore cynoglosam..cnuca hy, drincan on wætere; heo alyseð þane man. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 55 Uorte..alesen him ut of pine [sc. ine prisune]. 2. transitive. Esp. of God or Christ: to deliver (a person, a soul, etc.) from sin, evil, damnation, etc.; to redeem. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > rescue or deliver (from) [verb (transitive)] > deliver or free from aleseOE redd1488 shut?a1500 sever?1507 rid?1526 enda1592 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > save, redeem [verb (transitive)] aleseOE abyeOE buyc1175 washc1175 winc1220 salvea1225 savec1225 forbuyc1315 ransomc1350 signc1350 again-buya1382 forechoosea1400 gain-buy1435 redeemc1438 pre-elect1561 sa'1604 electa1617 unsina1631 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxii. 355 He us alysde [a1225 Lamb. alesde] fram deofles þeowdome. OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 13 Ac alys [c1200 Hatton ales] us of yfele. OE Homily: Invention of Cross (Auct. F.4.32) in M.-C. Bodden Old Eng. Finding of True Cross 87 Nu bidde ic þe, Drihten, for þinre mycelan mildheortnesse þæt þu ætywie us þine þa halgan rode þe þu on þrowodest and mancyn alesdest. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 5 (MED) Er he [sc. Christ]..alesede hem eche deaðe. a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 116 Heore soule to alesen. ?a1325 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 282 (MED) Ne led ows nowth into fondingge, auth ales ows of harme. a1425 Symbols of Passion (Royal) l. 77 in R. Morris Legends Holy Rood (1871) 180 To þe piler, lord..þey boundun þe..Þat bond me alese of bondes, Of unkind dede. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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