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▪ I. † aˈlie, v.1 Obs.
Forms as in lie v.
[f. a- prefix 1 + lie.]
1. To lie down, subside, become extinct. (The intr. vb. of which allay v.1 = a-lay is the causative.)
a1000Beowulf 5764 Nú sceal..eall eðelwyn ·eowrum cynne leófum alicᵹean. 1200St. Marhar. 12 Ant þat liht alei lutlen ant lutlen. 1205Layam. 26298 Nu is hit muchel leod-scome? ȝif hit scal þus a-ligge. c1230Ancr. R. 246 A muchel wind alið mid a lutel rein.
2. To lie towards or lean.
1583Stanyhurst æneid iv. 101 His rackt wit he tosseth, Now to this od stratagem, now too that counseyl alying.
▪ II. † aˈlie, v.2 Obs. rare.
[var. of elie.]
To anoint.
c1360Amis & Amil. 2194 Yif he wald..slen his children tvay, Alien his brother with the blode. Ibid. 2330 He tok that blood that was so bright And alied that gentil knight. |