Middle English Dictionary Entry
alasken, -ien v.
Entry Info
| Forms | alasken, -ien v. |
| Etymology | ONF alasquier, CF alaschier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. lasken.
1.
(a) Relieve (sb.); (b) reduce (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)8838 : Aȝein his vuel ich wole do god, alaski him of care [Clg: lutlien ich wulle his kare].
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)343/32 : It wole be þe lasse bityng, & his drienes ne schal not be alaskid.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.141r : Yf any is busy aboute .. to benyme hem or witholde or alaske [L (Wm of Malmesbury): minuere] hure possessions of hure forsaiden chirche .. mote he be acursed fort he amende hym.