tolysan

Old English

Alternative forms
  • tōlēsan, tōlīsan, tōlīesan

Etymology

Equivalent to tō- +‎ lȳsan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /toːˈlyːzɑn/

Verb

tōlȳsan

  1. (figuratively or literally) to release from a bond or bonds
  2. to break the connection between things; to separate
  3. to dissolve, dissipate
  4. to relax, destroy the force of, weaken
  5. to desolate, destroy
  6. to undo a bond
  7. to discharge an obligation; to pay

Conjugation
Conjugation of tōlȳsan (weak class 1)
infinitive tōlȳsan tō tōlȳsenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular tōlȳse tōlȳsde
2nd-person singular tōlȳsest tōlȳsdest
3rd-person singular tōlȳseþ tōlȳsde
plural tōlȳsaþ tōlȳsdon
subjunctive present past
singular tōlȳse tōlȳsde
plural tōlȳsen tōlȳsden
imperative
singular tōlȳs
plural tōlȳsaþ
participle present past
tōlȳsende tōlȳsed

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • tōlȳsing f (“release, dissolution”)
  • tōlȳsednes f (“dissolution, desolation”)
  • tōlȳsend m (“destroyer, desolator”)
  • tōlȳsendlīċ (“destructive, desolating”)
  • tōlȳsnes f (“dissolution, death”)
  • untōlȳsende (“inextricable”)

Further reading
  • TŌLĪSAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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