onlysan

Old English

Alternative forms
  • onlēsan, onlīsan, onlīesan, unlēsan, unlīsan, unlīesan, unlȳsan

Etymology

Equivalent to on- +‎ lȳsan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /onˈlyːzɑn/

Verb

onlȳsan

  1. (literally or figuratively) to unloose bonds
  2. to release, deliver, liberate

Conjugation
Conjugation of onlȳsan (weak class 1)
infinitive onlȳsan tō onlȳsenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular onlȳse onlȳsde
2nd-person singular onlȳsest onlȳsdest
3rd-person singular onlȳseþ onlȳsde
plural onlȳsaþ onlȳsdon
subjunctive present past
singular onlȳse onlȳsde
plural onlȳsen onlȳsden
imperative
singular onlȳs
plural onlȳsaþ
participle present past
onlȳsende onlȳsed

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • onlȳsnes f (“redemption”)

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