liesan

Old English

Alternative forms

• lēsan, līsan, lȳsan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lausijaną. Cognate with Old Saxon lōsian, Dutch lozen, Old High German lōsen (German lösen), Old Norse leysa (Swedish lösa).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

līesan (West Saxon)

1. to set free, redeem, release

Conjugation

Conjugation of līesan (weak class 1)

infinitive	līesan	līesenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	līese	līesde
second person singular	līesest, līest	līesdest
third person singular	līeseþ, līest	līesde
plural	līesaþ	līesdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	līese	līesde
plural	līesen	līesden
imperative
singular	līes
plural	līesaþ
participle	present	past
	līesende	(ġe)līesed

Derived terms

• onlīesan
• tōlīesan
• ālīesan
• ġelīesan

 

Descendants

• English: lease, leese (from the Anglian equivalent)

References

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