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hnesc-líc

  • adjective
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hnesc-líc, adj.
Effeminate
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  • Hé wæs swíðe hnesclíc man

    he [Sardanapalus] was a very effeminate man,

      Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 15.
  • Hi beóþ hneslíce swá forlegene

    hi sunt delicati ita fornicantes,

      L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 6; Th. ii. 228, 18.
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  • hnesc-líc, adj.