Obs. [f. OE. alésend pr. pple. and alésed pa. pple. of ALESE + -NESS.] Deliverance, redemption.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Gosp., Matt. xx. 28. Mannes Sunu … sealde his sawle lif to alysednesse for maneʓum.

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c. 1160.  Hatton G., ibid. To alesendnysse for maneʓen.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 129. Of þissere alesednesse … Dauid þe prophete seide.

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c. 1175.  Cotton Hom. Heo wolde man beon … for ure alysendnisse.

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c. 1230.  Hali Meid., 11. Meidenhad is … worldes alesendnesse.

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