Á-lǽtan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

á-lǽtan

Add: I. of intentional movement:--Hé unwærlíce nyðer álét (submittens) on ꝥ wæter ꝥ fæt, Gr. D. 114, 28. Hí hine on ánre wilian áléton ofer ðone weall, Hml. Th. i. 388, 9. Hwí wolde þín hláford þé álǽtan tó mé (let thee come to me), Hml. S. 36, 65. II. of deprivation, loss:--Gé hit álǽtað (you will lose it), þonne gé lǽst wénað, Wlfst. 46, 10. Hé þá handa álýse oþþe hig álǽte, Ll. Th. i. 404, 10. III. of abandonment:--Wið ðan ðe se cing ðá on-spǽce áléte provided the ting would abandon the charge, Cht. Th. 540, 22. IV. of grant, delivery:--Heofonan ríce wæs álǽten þisnm gebróðrum for heora nette, Hml. Th. i. 580, 22. IV a. fig.:--Hé wolde hine tó lífe álǽtan (cf. deliver to death), ii. 252, 8. V. of release:--Álǽten cempa emeritus, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 15. [Goth. us-létan: O. Sax. á-látan: O. H. Ger. ar-lázan.]

Related words: next two words. a-lætan