hnescian
- verb [ weak ]
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Ic hnexige
mollio,
- Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 53.
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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.
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Ðonne hnescáþ se swile sóna
then the swelling will soften at once,
- L. M. 2, 19; Lchdm. ii. 202, 10.
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Se hearda stán aðamans hnescáþ ongeán ðæt líðe buccan blód
durus adamas leni hircorum sanguine mollescit,
- Past. 37, 4; Swt. 271, 4.
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Hí hnescodon sprǽca his
molliti sunt sermones ejus,
- Ps. Spl. 54, 24.
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Ongunnon ða godes cempan hnexian
God's warriors began to yield,
- Homl. Skt. 5, 48, 51: 8, 29.
Bosworth, Joseph. “hnescian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/19363.
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