Tó-lǽtan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - tó-lǽtan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

tó-lǽtan
p. -lét; pp. -lǽten To let go in different directions, to cause to go different ways, to disperse, release, relax: :--Tólǽte[þ] relaxat, Hpt. Gl. 405, 67. Gif mon sýþ gárleác ou henne broþe and selþ drincan, ðonne tólǽt hió ðæt sár (costiveness), Lchdm. ii. 276, 16. Hé forgiet hine selfne ðonne hé tólǽtt and fægnaþ ongeagn ðara óðerra word oblitus sui in voces se spar git alienas, Past. 17; Swt. 111, 10. Tólǽtenum æddrum laxis fibris, Hymn. Surt. 102, 22. [O. Sax. te-látan to scatter, disperse (intrans.) : O. H. Ger. ze-lázzan desinere, deserere, liquefacere: Ger. zer-lassen to dissolve.] to-lætan
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