Middle English Dictionary Entry
aliðien v.
Entry Info
Forms | aliðien v. |
Etymology | OE āliþian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. lith limb.
1.
(a) To separate (limb from limb), dismember; (b) remove or do away with (a condition).
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)25929 : Nou haueþ he broken alle mine bones, mine leomes a-liþede [Clg: al to leðed].
b
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)97.58/2 : Bute yldincge þaræ sar bladdran byð aliðeȝed [OE ȝeliðiȝod].