单词 | alet |
释义 | † aletv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To let go, relinquish, give up. ΚΠ eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxxvii. 269 He furðum on ðæm broce nyle alætan his geornfulnesse & ðas eorðlican wilnunga [L. a terrenis desideriis non leuetur]. OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) iv. 90 Nis ænig man þæt to þæs mycel age þæt he ne scyle his unwillan alætan his æhta & on unmyrhðe his lif geendian. OE West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) x. 18 Ic hæbbe anweald mine sawle to alætane [L. ponendi]. c1175 (?OE) Instr. for Christians 99 in Anglia (1964) 82 14 Æll þæt mon alæteð metes oððe drincas, and his innoðe riht gemetegað, sona þæt gefylleð fæder almihtig mid gastlicum gifum. 2. transitive. To allow the escape of (confined fluid); to shed (tears). Cf. let v.1 7a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > from confinement unbindc950 to let freec1000 aletOE to let out1154 loosea1225 slakec1374 loosen1382 to let goc1384 releasec1384 unloosec1400 unlockc1410 dissolvec1420 relievec1450 unloosen?a1475 to set at liberty1509 enlargea1513 to let at large1525 to let loose1530 to turn loose?1566 enfranchise1569 to turn up1573 enfranch1581 unkennel1589 unwind1596 to cast loosec1600 disimmure1611 disimprison1611 unhamper1620 to let abroad1633 unfold1633 disencloister1652 disencage1654 discagea1657 disincarcerate1665 eliminate1745 unspherea1806 unmew1818 unbottle1821 uncage1837 unbag1854 bust1921 OE Seven Sleepers (Julius) (1994) 40 Ealle him wæron gehefgode ða eagan of ðam menigfealdum biterlicum tearum þe hi ðær aleton. OE Homily (Junius 121) (Dict. Old Eng. transcript) And hi hine syððan..hine on rode ahengon and gefæstnodon and hi þær his handblod ut aleton. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7951 Let alæten [c1300 Otho leteþ lade] þis wæter & wei weorpen. 3. intransitive. To dissolve, disintegrate; to give way. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > give way under force or pressure [verb (intransitive)] alet?c1400 yield1552 give way1640 to give back1674 give1687 ?c1400 Erthe upon Erthe (P.R.O.) (1911) 42 (MED) Eorthe in eorthe biginneþ to alete, An eorthe in eorthe wiþ wormes is afrete. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ix. l. 103 (MED) A potters potte vneled wol alete [L. resolui]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.eOE |
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