† aletv.

Forms: Old English ælætan (rare), Old English alæt (3rd singular present indicative), Old English alæt (past tense, rare), Old English alætan, Old English alætan (past participle), Old English alæten (past participle), Old English alet (past tense), Old English aletan (rare), Old English alett (past tense, rare), late Old English aletan (past participle), early Middle English alæte, early Middle English alate, Middle English alete.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Saxon ālātan (Middle Low German erlāten ), Old High German arlāzan (Middle High German erlāzen , German erlassen ), Gothic uslētan < the Germanic base of or- prefix (compare a- prefix¹) + the Germanic base of let v.¹In Old English a strong verb of Class VII.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To let go, relinquish, give up.

ΚΠ

eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxxvii. 269 He furðum on ðæm broce nyle alætan his geornfulnesse & ðas eorðlican wilnunga [L. a terrenis desideriis non leuetur].

OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) iv. 90 Nis ænig man þæt to þæs mycel age þæt he ne scyle his unwillan alætan his æhta & on unmyrhðe his lif geendian.

OE West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) x. 18 Ic hæbbe anweald mine sawle to alætane [L. ponendi].

c1175 (?OE) Instr. for Christians 99 in Anglia (1964) 82 14 Æll þæt mon alæteð metes oððe drincas, and his innoðe riht gemetegað, sona þæt gefylleð fæder almihtig mid gastlicum gifum.

2. transitive. To allow the escape of (confined fluid); to shed (tears). Cf. let v.¹ 7a.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from confinement

unbindc950

to let freec1000

aletOE

to let out1154

loosea1225

slakec1374

loosen1382

to let goc1384

releasec1384

unloosec1400

unlockc1410

dissolvec1420

relievec1450

unloosen?a1475

to set at liberty1509

enlargea1513

to let at large1525

to let loose1530

to turn loose?1566

enfranchise1569

to turn up1573

enfranch1581

unkennel1589

unwind1596

to cast loosec1600

disimmure1611

disimprison1611

unhamper1620

to let abroad1633

unfold1633

disencloister1652

disencage1654

discagea1657

disincarcerate1665

eliminate1745

unspherea1806

unmew1818

unbottle1821

uncage1837

unbag1854

bust1921

OE Seven Sleepers (Julius) (1994) 40 Ealle him wæron gehefgode ða eagan of ðam menigfealdum biterlicum tearum þe hi ðær aleton.

OE Homily (Junius 121) (Dict. Old Eng. transcript) And hi hine syððan..hine on rode ahengon and gefæstnodon and hi þær his handblod ut aleton.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7951 Let alæten [c1300 Otho leteþ lade] þis wæter & wei weorpen.

3. intransitive. To dissolve, disintegrate; to give way.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > give way under force or pressure [verb (intransitive)]

alet?c1400

yield1552

give way1640

to give back1674

give1687

?c1400 Erthe upon Erthe (P.R.O.) (1911) 42 (MED) Eorthe in eorthe biginneþ to alete, An eorthe in eorthe wiþ wormes is afrete.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ix. l. 103 (MED) A potters potte vneled wol alete [L. resolui].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alet
释义	† aletv. Forms: Old English ælætan (rare), Old English alæt (3rd singular present indicative), Old English alæt (past tense, rare), Old English alætan, Old English alætan (past participle), Old English alæten (past participle), Old English alet (past tense), Old English aletan (rare), Old English alett (past tense, rare), late Old English aletan (past participle), early Middle English alæte, early Middle English alate, Middle English alete. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Saxon ālātan (Middle Low German erlāten ), Old High German arlāzan (Middle High German erlāzen , German erlassen ), Gothic uslētan < the Germanic base of or- prefix (compare a- prefix¹) + the Germanic base of let v.¹In Old English a strong verb of Class VII. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To let go, relinquish, give up. ΚΠ eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxxvii. 269 He furðum on ðæm broce nyle alætan his geornfulnesse & ðas eorðlican wilnunga [L. a terrenis desideriis non leuetur]. OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) iv. 90 Nis ænig man þæt to þæs mycel age þæt he ne scyle his unwillan alætan his æhta & on unmyrhðe his lif geendian. OE West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) x. 18 Ic hæbbe anweald mine sawle to alætane [L. ponendi]. c1175 (?OE) Instr. for Christians 99 in Anglia (1964) 82 14 Æll þæt mon alæteð metes oððe drincas, and his innoðe riht gemetegað, sona þæt gefylleð fæder almihtig mid gastlicum gifum. 2. transitive. To allow the escape of (confined fluid); to shed (tears). Cf. let v.¹ 7a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from confinement unbindc950 to let freec1000 aletOE to let out1154 loosea1225 slakec1374 loosen1382 to let goc1384 releasec1384 unloosec1400 unlockc1410 dissolvec1420 relievec1450 unloosen?a1475 to set at liberty1509 enlargea1513 to let at large1525 to let loose1530 to turn loose?1566 enfranchise1569 to turn up1573 enfranch1581 unkennel1589 unwind1596 to cast loosec1600 disimmure1611 disimprison1611 unhamper1620 to let abroad1633 unfold1633 disencloister1652 disencage1654 discagea1657 disincarcerate1665 eliminate1745 unspherea1806 unmew1818 unbottle1821 uncage1837 unbag1854 bust1921 OE Seven Sleepers (Julius) (1994) 40 Ealle him wæron gehefgode ða eagan of ðam menigfealdum biterlicum tearum þe hi ðær aleton. OE Homily (Junius 121) (Dict. Old Eng. transcript) And hi hine syððan..hine on rode ahengon and gefæstnodon and hi þær his handblod ut aleton. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7951 Let alæten [c1300 Otho leteþ lade] þis wæter & wei weorpen. 3. intransitive. To dissolve, disintegrate; to give way. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > give way under force or pressure [verb (intransitive)] alet?c1400 yield1552 give way1640 to give back1674 give1687 ?c1400 Erthe upon Erthe (P.R.O.) (1911) 42 (MED) Eorthe in eorthe biginneþ to alete, An eorthe in eorthe wiþ wormes is afrete. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ix. l. 103 (MED) A potters potte vneled wol alete [L. resolui]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.eOE
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