v. Obs. Forms: 1 alés-an (WS. alýsan), 2–3 ales-en, s. w. alus-en (ü). [f. A- pref. 1 out, away + lés-an: see LESE. Cf. Germ. er-lösen.] To release, deliver.
[c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. vi. 13. Ac alys us of yfele.
c. 1160. Hatton G., ibid. Ac ales us of yfele.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 87. He us alesde from deofles þewdome.
a. 1230. Ancr. R., 124. Uorte … alesen him ut of pine.
c. 1250. Moral Ode, 136. Ne bidde ic no bet beo a-lused [c. 1200 alesed] a domesdai of bende.
a. 1400. Leg. Rood (1871), 180. Þat bonde me alese of bondes, Of unkind dede.
