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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
á-hnescian
Linked entries
v.  a-hnescian a-nescian ge-hnesctun.
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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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