geliesan

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġelēsan — Anglian
• ġelīsan, ġelȳsan — Late West Saxon

Etymology

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ līesan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈli͜yː.sɑn/, [jeˈli͜yː.zɑn]

Verb

ġelīesan (West Saxon)

1. to redeem, release, save, spare
2. to loosen, relax
3. to dissolve, break

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġelīesan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ġelīesan	ġelīesenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġelīese	ġelīesde
second person singular	ġelīesest, ġelīest	ġelīesdest
third person singular	ġelīeseþ, ġelīest	ġelīesde
plural	ġelīesaþ	ġelīesdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġelīese	ġelīesde
plural	ġelīesen	ġelīesden
imperative
singular	ġelīes
plural	ġelīesaþ
participle	present	past
	ġelīesende	ġelīesed

Synonyms

• tōlīesan

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠELĒSAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠELĪSAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠELȲSAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[3], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.