hnesc-líc
- adjective
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Hé wæs swíðe hnesclíc man
he [Sardanapalus] was a very effeminate man,
- Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 15.
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Hi beóþ hneslíce swá forlegene
hi sunt delicati ita fornicantes,
- L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 6; Th. ii. 228, 18.
Bosworth, Joseph. “hnesc-líc.” 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/19364.
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