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hnescian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
hnescian, hnexian; p. ode
To make, or to become, soft, to soften
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  • Ic hnexige

    mollio,

      Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 53.
  • Lege ðonne on ðǽr hit heardige hnescaþ hyt sóna

    apply where it is hard, it will at once soften,

      Herb. 2, ii; Lchdm. i. 84, 4.
  • Ðonne hnescáþ se swile sóna

    then the swelling will soften at once,

      L. M. 2, 19; Lchdm. ii. 202, 10.
  • Se hearda stán aðamans hnescáþ ongeán ðæt líðe buccan blód

    durus adamas leni hircorum sanguine mollescit,

      Past. 37, 4; Swt. 271, 4.
  • Hí hnescodon sprǽca his

    molliti sunt sermones ejus,

      Ps. Spl. 54, 24.
  • Ongunnon ða godes cempan hnexian

    God's warriors began to yield,

      Homl. Skt. 5, 48, 51: 8, 29.
Etymology
[Orm. nesshenn: Ayenb. nhesseþ, pres: Prompt. Parv. neschyñ or make nesche mollifico.]
Derived forms
DER. á-hnescian.
Linked entries
v.  a-hnescian a-nescian ge-hnesctun.
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