deligare

1 deligare v. delegare(2c)

2 deligare [cf. AN delier, OF desliier < LL disligare; CL = to bind fast] , to unbind (person); v. et. disligare 1a. b to unmoor, detach (ship). 1271 Walterum ‥ et Ricardum ‥ garciones domus ligaverunt ‥, et Walterus ‥ ~avit se SelCCoron 16; 1356 ipsum [Johannem] ~avit [ContrR V cxxxix: diligavit] et levavit (CoramR) SelCKB VI 109.  b quecumque naves partis adverse a navibus Anglicanis ~ari poterant, disruptis rudentibus, ‥ sese in fugam ‥ preparabant Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 32.