† alisedadj.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps the reflex of an unattested Old English *gehlīsod < y- prefix (compare a- prefix²) + Old English hlīsa sound, rumour, fame, glory ( < the same Germanic base (without dental suffix) as list n.¹) + -ed suffix².Compare Old English hlīsful ( < Old English hlīsa + -ful suffix), hlīsig ( < Old English hlīsa + -y suffix¹), hlīsbǣre ( < Old English hlīsa + -bǣre , suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘productive of, having, bearing’: see new-bear adj.), all in sense ‘renowned, famous, of high repute’. With the variant readings in quot. c1300 compare alose v. 2.