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á-lǽtan

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of intentional movement
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  • Hé unwærlíce nyðer álét (

    submittens

    ) on ꝥ wæter ꝥ fæt,
      Gr. D. 114, 28.
  • Hí hine on ánre wilian áléton ofer ðone weall,

      Hml. Th. i. 388, 9.
  • Hwí wolde þín hláford þé álǽtan tó mé (

    let thee come to me

    ),
      Hml. S. 36, 65.
of deprivation, loss
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  • Gé hit álǽtað (

    you will lose it

    ), þonne gé lǽst wénað,
      Wlfst. 46, 10.
  • Hé þá handa álýse oþþe hig álǽte,

      Ll. Th. i. 404, 10.
of abandonment
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  • Wið ðan ðe se cing ðá on*-*spǽce áléte

    provided the ting would abandon the charge,

      Cht. Th. 540, 22.
of grant, delivery
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  • Heofonan ríce wæs álǽten þisnm gebróðrum for heora nette, Hml. Th. i. 580, 22. IV a. fig. :-- Hé wolde hine tó lífe álǽtan (cf.

    deliver to death

    ), ii.
      252, 8.
of release
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  • Álǽten cempa

    emeritus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 15.
Etymology
[Goth. us-létan: O. Sax. á-látan: O. H. Ger. ar-lázan.]
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