1 á-lísness
f. I. redemption, release by payment or otherwise :-- ꝥ weorð his álýsnesse (-lés-, ) pretium suae UNCERTAIN redemtionis, Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 461, 1. On his álýsnesse æt his feóndum, Ps. Th. 31, arg. His álýsnesse of his earfoðum, 22, arg. II. as a religious term, redemption :-- Þǽre tíde neálǽhte úre álésnesse, Bl. H. 77, 14. Tó écre álýsnesse, Bd. 4, 22; Sch. 462, 12. Heora álýsnesse of heora scyldum æfter fulluhte, Ps. Th. 22, arg. in Dict. a-lisness