lysan

Old English

Alternative forms

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): /ˈlyːzɑn/

Verb

lȳsan

  1. to set free, redeem, release

Conjugation

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Further reading

  • LĪSAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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